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Click on each photograph below for a higher resolution image and navigate using the <LEFT> & <RIGHT> arrow keys. The following photographs have graced the front page of our website. Photographs may not be used for commercial purposes without the permission of the photographer. Whilst the large images are watermarked with an IWAI copyright notice, copyright © remains with the identified photographers.
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See also photos for the year 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and earlier.
See also our collection of Archive photos and our collection of Videos & Podcasts

January 2012
click on the photo to enlarge Carrybridge, Lough Erne, December 2010 Photo Robert McClean	click on the photo to enlarge Banagher Bridge, River Shannon, 05 January 2011 Photo Paul Scannell	click on the photo to enlarge The *Rambler* meets some rambling cattle on the Royal Canal, December 2011 Photo A J Vosse	click on the photo to enlarge Tranquility. Early morning at Kilrea on the Lower Bann Photo G. Wilson
December 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Approaching Fanning’s Lock on the derelict branch of the Grand Canal to Ballinasloe. Read about their voyage on the Shannon in October 2011 here. Photo Willi Klug	click on the photo to enlarge Dublin Branch of IWAI's *Dubhlinn* giving lifts to locals on the Grand Canal as part of Drimnagh Community Fun Day, 20 November 2011 Photo Michael Slevin	click on the photo to enlarge *M.V. Kestrel* on Upper Lough Erne during the freeze in January 2011 Photo Robert McClean	click on the photo to enlarge Knockninny moorings on Upper Lough Erne sunrise 08:31 am, 22/10/2010 Photo Martyn Earle
November 2011
click on the photo to enlarge 4E arrives in Enfield harbour on the Royal Canal, 29/10/2011 Read about his travels here. Photo by A J Vosse	click on the photo to enlarge IWAI gang aboard *Bád Eile* visiting the Tall Ships in Waterford on the River Suir. Read about photographer Noel Griffin's voyage from Killaloe to Waterford: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Photo Noel Griffin	click on the photo to enlarge *Birling* near Shannonbridge on the River Shannon Photo Paul Scannell	click on the photo to enlarge Richard Ellis during a recent Powerboat branch of IWAI visit to the Corrib Photo Anne Mullins
October 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Rambler at Coolnahay on the Royal Canal Official site of the Rambler's voyage with Dick Warner, shown as Waterways on RTE, is here. More information/chat etc. here, here and here. Photo by Joe Treacy	click on the photo to enlarge *Atoll* at anchor off Inchclearaun, Lough Ree, 26 July. Photo Brendan Walls	click on the photo to enlarge *Aqualegia* on the Clodiagh, Sept 2011 More information on HBA's visit to Portlaw is here and here and here Photo Giles Byford	click on the photo to enlarge The Powerboat branch of IWAI visit the Corrib more photos here Photo Lorna Shanley
September 2011
click on the photo to enlarge In 2009, 24 members of the Erne Branch of IWAI visited the Slaney	click on the photo to enlarge 4E was trapped at this location on the Royal Canal in the '60s and bought as a shell by Joe Treacy in 1980. Read about his bringing 4E home after 31 years. Photo Joe Treacy	click on the photo to enlarge Heritage Day re-enactment at Rinndoon, Lough Ree, 28 August 2011 Photo Dermot Kelly	click on the photo to enlarge *Fionnuisce* crossing the Royal Canal's M50 Aqueduct with Alan & Olive Rainey, Orla and Grace (5 mths) Wylie, 19 July 2011, during their Green & Silver voyage. More photos here Photo Chris Wylie
August 2011
click on the photo to enlarge 2011 Shannon Rally Photo Conor Meegan	click on the photo to enlarge Mick Farrell making room for *31B* on the Naas Line of the Grand Canal, 3rd May 2011 Read more about 31B's Green & Silver voyage here. Photo Holly Farrell	click on the photo to enlarge Fitting of the balance beam to the south breast gate of the sea lock on the Boyne Navigation - more information here Photo Tommy McLoughlin	click on the photo to enlarge Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing Club training on Lough Rynn, Mohill, Co Leitrim, 3rd July 2011 - more photos here Photo Keith Nolan
July 2011
click on the photo to enlarge *Blackthorn* making the journey home on the Royal Canal - Ciaran Clinton has a lovely report on its journey here Photo Karina Kerrigan	click on the photo to enlarge *Shee Finnaha* with a happy Derry Smyth Photo Paul Scannell	click on the photo to enlarge The Shannon above Banagher, 02 June 2011 Photo Brendan Walls	click on the photo to enlarge *Rambler* in reverse on the Royal Canal - read about its journey here and here. Photo Craig Vosse
June 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Athlone with Portumna bridge in the background. "Athlone" was built ~1862 and went out of service in 1917 Photo by permission of Tony McCarthy	click on the photo to enlarge The HBA moored at Bagenalstown, 26/04/11 Photo James Burke	click on the photo to enlarge *Delphin* resorts to outboard power at the 7th lock of the Grand Canal 28/05/11 - more photos from the Dublin Rally are here Photo Michael Slevin	click on the photo to enlarge *Finnery* at Carriglead Lock, River Barrow, 14/04/11 Read Tina's blog about this hire trip down the Barrow here. Photo Tina Klug
May 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Bluebells, Inishdavar, Lower Lough Erne, 23rd May 2010 Photo Helga Kingston	click on the photo to enlarge The Clontarf Yacht Club flotilla travelling to Athlone YC via the Royal Canal, April 2011 Photo Marc Gleeson	click on the photo to enlarge A boat destined for the Emerald Star fleet under a Scherzer Bridge, Dublin, 1971 (see info on archive film-show and talk here) Photo Mike Lawlor	click on the photo to enlarge Part of the Dublin Rally fleet descending into Dublin via the Royal Canal, May 1st 2011 More information here Photo Padraig Leddy
April 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Taken from the *Maid of Antrim*, Lough Neagh 2010, near Cranfield Photo Con Law	click on the photo to enlarge Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Bobby & Ben on the River Shannon Photo Miriam Higgins	click on the photo to enlarge The one that got away ... at least we think that's what Alan is talking about on the Liffey during the Dublin Branch Small Boat Rally, Feb 2011 Photo Michael Slevin	click on the photo to enlarge Lifting maintenance barge "77M" on 22nd March 2011 at Fenniscourt Lock on the River Barrow. More information here. Photo James Burke
March 2011
click on the photo to enlarge Summer idyll at Knockvicar Photo Paul Garland	click on the photo to enlarge Sean Nós' 50 hp Merc blue band engine. (Sean Nós is a homebuilt Glen-L Malahini) more info here Fergal is a member of the newly-formed Powerboat branch of the IWAI Photo Fergal Butler	click on the photo to enlarge Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing Club's 'Head Of the Shannon' on Saturday February 26th, 2011 Photo Keith Nolan	click on the photo to enlarge *Barossa* in Grand Canal Dock, February 27th, 2011 photographed at the end of a Dublin Small Boat Rally on the Liffey Photo Michael Slevin
February 2011
click on the photo to enlarge A leaking aquaduct at Monasterevin following the thaw, 08Jan2011 Photo by Neil Dinnen (compare it to Michael Carroll's photo below )	click on the photo to enlarge Lough Derg Branch trip to the Errina Canal, Limerick 08Jan2011 Photo by Joe Treacey	click on the photo to enlarge Grand Canal at Rathangan, 21st Jan 2011 Sean Patterson, Newry Branch	click on the photo to enlarge Albert Basin, Newry, Christmas Day 2010 Sean Patterson Newry Branch
January 2011
click on the photo to enlarge The aqueduct at Monasterevin with icicles reaching into the River Barrow Photo by Michael Carroll (compare it with Tom Kirby's 1962 photo here )	click on the photo to enlarge A snowy Ram's Island, Lough Neagh Photo Michael Savage	click on the photo to enlarge Frosty canal bank, Sallins Photo Conor Nolan	click on the photo to enlarge The annual Mohill Christmas Charity Swim at Lough Rinn is a bit more challenging this year! Photo Peter Kelly See also a short video of the event.


See also photos for previous years: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and earlier

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Many thanks in advance,
Michael Slevin


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