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9Nov
‘Render Unto Caesar…’ The Christian Bible is clear – citizens must pay their taxes, just or unjust. Dogma is one thing, in practice, evading punitive taxes has been with us since the earliest success of both. Free-trading, free of taxes, comes in many guises today and is constantly responding to market […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Coastguards, Diving, Dun Laoghaire, Free trading, Harbours and Piers, Harbours and Piers, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Merchants & Shipping, Rush, salvage, Shipwreck Treasure, Tales of Shipwreck, Underwater Heritage, Wicklow, Wreckers. Tags : Anthony Pluck, Arklow Bank, Aurora, Belgioioso, Belgioso, Black Dog, Black Prince, Brabazon, Brandy Hole, Bray Head, Bulloch, Castle View, Doctor Fry, Dwarf, Essex, Free-traders, Freetraders, Gary Paine, Grey stones, Habsburg, Harbour Bar, Irish Sea Smugglers, J.T.C., James Booth, John Castles and Mathew Knackler., John Connell, John Kelly, John McCabe, John Thomas Campion, Kilcoole, Killiney, Kilruddery, Kish Bank, Langrishe, Letter of Marque, Lord Meath, Loughrey, Luke Ryan, Mayflower, Michael Stanley, Murray, Nemesis, Pat Dowling, Patrick Grace, Pelter, Poolbeg, Preventative Water Guard, privateer Frienship, Ranger, Revenue cutter, Revenue men, Rush and Skerries, Sam's Coffee House, Slabbersludge, The Head, Thomas Gregory, Watch Guard, Wicklow Head, Windgates.
9Aug
‘The Most Abandoned Villains of Wexford’ Some say it’s the deep sounding whoosh from the revolving blades of the enormous turbines at Carnsore Point, in county Wexford. But when they rest, others will offer; it’s the confusion of winds that can blow around this large expanse of low lands, a place of prolonged periods of […]
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Posted by roystokes. Categories : Archaeology, Arklow, Cahore, Coastguards, Diving, droits of admiralty, History of Wexford, Liverpool, Local Irish History, Maritime Adventure, Maritime Mysteries, Tales of Shipwreck. Tags : Arklow, Arklow Bank, Ballygarret, Ballyvaloo, Cahore, Calypso, Carnsore, coastguard, courtown, Crossgadden, Cuscadden, Donaghmore, Eliza, Famne, glascarrig, Glassgorman, Gregory O'Neills, Harbour Bar, Hottingeur, INFOMAR, Irish Channel, irrawaddy, J R Skiddy, John R Skiddy, Liverpool, Masons, Mitten, Mizen Head, Motte & Bailey, Pearl, Prince Albert, Redmond, shipley, Skiddy, spooner sands & Co, strand bar, Tapscott, The Folly, walshe, wexford, Wicklow, wreck, wreck auction, wrecker.
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