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This is not an exhaustive listing of Waterways related sites or
contacts, but it is a start. If you are aware of a website or other contact
that you think belongs on this page, please bring it to our attention. The
links and contact details are provided for information purposes only.
While we endeavour to provide accurate information, no responsibility is
taken for errors on the page - we will fix all errors as they are
discovered. Omission or inclusion on this page should not be construed
as any endorsement by, or other opinion of the IWAI.
The IWAI burgee (
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indicates that this supplier is an advertiser in
our Inland Waterways News
magazine.
Please forward any suggestions or corrections to
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Code
of Practice: The Safe Operation of Recrational Craft - published May 2006 -
ISBN: 0-7557-7234-2
The Code sets out current
legislative requirements governing recreational craft, as well as providing
detailed guidance and information on best practice for the safe operation of
such craft. The Code applies to all
recreational craft operating in coastal and inland waters whether used for
competitive or non-competitive purposes. It covers
sailing craft, including windsurfers, motorboats, ski boats, craft propelled
using outboard engines, personal watercraft, canoes, kayaks and non-powered
craft.
See
http://www.transport.ie/viewitem.asp?id=8562&lang=ENG&loc=2009
Unfortunately the document is in 12 PDFs ranging in size from 4.5meg to nearly
12 and comes complete with printers crop marks and other similar useful
features.
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Irish Water Safety Association |
www.iws.ie |
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Safety on the water |
www.safetyonthewater.ie |
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Guide to buying a lifejacket |
www.iwai.ie/boating/aboutLifeJackets.html |
A large number of pamphlets are available from
www.safetyonthewater.ie/Safety+Brochures (in PDF format)
including:
Safe Canoeing
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Lifejacket Safety
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Jet Ski Guidelines
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Yacht Safety
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Dinghy Safety
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Boating on the waterways
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Safe Windsurfing
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Safe Diving
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Machinery Breakdowns
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Man Overbaord Fishing Vessels
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GMDSS for Small Craft
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Emergency Procedures for
Pleasure Craft
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Emergency Procedures for
Fishing Vessels
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| The following pictures were taken by Tommie Bourke of
Kilmore, Co. Roscommon. Tommy is in the outdoor media business and
obviously has a good eye for these things!
www.tbmedia.ie. |
A boat seemingly ignored the end-of-navigation signs at Jamestown - it had
been hired at Carrick-on-Shannon 45 minutes earlier - according to the
Leitrim Observer, the men lost their deposit.
[click picture for high resolution version] |
This time its a boat trying to return to the navigation (having gone through
the end-of-navigation at Drumsna bridge). Note that the flow is with
the boat, power is on and the the water is ~2' deep
[click picture for high resolution version] |
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How to launch your PWC (personal water craft)/Jetski
(found by Peter Kingston) |
http://www.thejump.net/humor/pwc.htm |
| A montage of a barge rolling under a very low bridge and
coming up the other side, still under power - a famous(?) set of photos on
the internet. |
http://brant.cps-ecp.org/towboat.html
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| Temporary Insanity II |
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/04/crash/
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Children's Entertainment
(playgrounds, pet farms, etc.) on or near the waterways
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Erne
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Shannon-Erne
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Rent-a-Bike, Ballinamore, |
+353 (0)71
96 44091 |
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| Pet Farm,
Ballinamore |
Swan Island
Open Farm (on Garadice Lough, southern shore)
Mr Pat Bradley, Corrawallen, Ballinamore, Leitrim.
www.swanisland.ie
+353 (0)49 4333065 |
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North Shannon
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| Lough Allen |
Lough Allen
Outdoor Pursuits Centre,
canoeing, windsurfing, hillwalking, equestrian, ...
+353 (0)71 96 43292 |
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Battlebridge, Co. Roscommon (at start of Lough Allen canal) |
Swings and
Slide at Berne's of Battlebridge
+353 (0)71 96 50824
Mooring on site
www.beirnesofbattlebridge.com |
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| Acres Lake
Amenity Area, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim |
Swimming
Pool, slides, swings, tennis, etc.
Mooring on site
+353(0)71 96 20005 |
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| Horse
Riding, Drumshanbo |
Moorlands
Equestrian& Leisure, Curraghill,, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim.
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 41500 |
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| Bicycle
Hire, Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim |
Morans
Bicycle Hire, Convent Avenue, Drumshanbo,
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 41139 |
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| Lough Key
Forest Park, Boyle, Co. Roscommon. |
350
hectares of wodland, parkland etc. Playground with all the usual
acoutrements!
Snacks/ice cream available in summer.
+353 (0)79 62363
Mooring on site |
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| Cavan &
Leitrim Railway, Dromod, |
Open all
year - steam trains run at the weekends.
Located 300m from Dromod Harbour -
+353 (0)71 96 38599
www.irish-railway.com |
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| Horse
Riding, Leitrim |
Doherty's
Trekking Centre, Leitrim village,
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 20853 |
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| Horse
Riding, Carrick on Shannon |
Lisnagat
Riding Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 20598 |
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| Horse
Riding, Drumshanbo |
Morelands
Equestrian Centre, Drumshanbo, Leitrim, Co. Leitrim.
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 41792 |
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| Swimming,
Carrick on Shannon |
Carrick-on-Shannon Swimming Pool, , Co. Leitrim.
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 21400 - |
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| Horse
Riding, Roosky |
Hayden
Equestrian Centre, Bornacoola, Co. Leitrim.
Tel. +353 (0)71 96 38049
(located ~3 miles from Roosky) |
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Mid Shannon
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| Coosan
Point playground |
Bancon
jetties with space for up to 6 boats alongside - it is safe to moor on the
inside, nearest the wall - There is a children's playground, swings, slide
etc. Of course, the Lough Ree Inn at Coosan is a welcome port of call too. |
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Clonmacnoise & West Offaly Railway |
Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway, Blackwater Works,
Shannonbridge, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
+353 (0)90 96 74450
www.bnm.ie/group/peat/clonmacnoise.htm |
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Lower Shannon
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| Portumna |
A wonderful
playground with the ultimate climbing frame can be found near the Castle,
directly behind the Castle from the mooring. |
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Royal Canal
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Grand Canal
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Barrow
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Taxis and Bus transport
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| Lowtown |
Martin and Dominic
Curtis, Robertstown and Naas,
Tel +353 (0)87-988-1144 and +353 (0)87-920-4176. |
| Drumshanbo |
Mc Cormick's( 0)7196
41040 / 086 8044309 |
| Carrick on Shannon |
Burkes +353 (0)71 96
21343
John Martin +353 (0)71 96 20223 |
| Athlone |
Taxi - Athlone +353
(0)9064 93030 |
| Banagher, ShannonBridge |
Taxi:Tony Brennan +353 (0)87 2500816
Taxi:Willie Mac +353 (0)509 51032
Hackney: Tom +353 (0)87 6117363 |
| Lower Shannon: |
Mr.Malachy Collison
Operates a fleet of Mini / Midi Buses / Coaches and regularly provides
transport solutions to the boating fraternity any where between Shannon
Harbour and Limerick and even further afield
Contact details Mobile +353 (0)87 2590015 Home +353 (0)505 -
42361 |
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| Heritage Boat
Association |
www.heritageboatassociation.ie |
The H.B.A.'s aim is to
preserve, restore, appreciate, use and promote Heritage Boats in Ireland,
both North and South |
| Waterway Heritage |
heritage.iwai.ie |
Articles from Inland
Waterways News |
| Heritage Ireland |
www.heritageireland.ie |
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| The Heritage Council |
www.heritagecouncil.ie |
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Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society |
www.offalyhistory.com |
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| The Foynes Flying Boat
Museum |
www.flyingboatmuseum.com |
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| Skibbereen Heritage
Centre |
www.skibbheritage.com |
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| Belturbet Station |
www.belturbet-station.com |
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| Inland Waterways
Heritage U.K. |
www.canaljunction.com/iwhn |
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| The Jeanie
Johston |
www.jeaniejohnston.ie |
famine
ship (in USA/Canada in 2003) |
| The
Dunbrody, New Ross, Co. Wexford |
www.dunbrody.com |
famine
ship |
| THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND |
www.ihai.ie |
Run conferences, meetings and field trips in various parts
of the island on all sorts of topics: mills, steam engines, railways,
canals, shipbuilding, mines and so on. It produces a newsletter that is
short but packed with useful information and often has material of waterways
interest. Membership Secretary is Dr Ron Cox, Centre for Civil Engineering
Heritage, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2. |
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Willi Klug |
www.kapitaens-handbuch.com |
a personal view of a hire boater |
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Mollie |
www.amateurboatbuilder.net |
Noel Dunne's Blog on "Mollie", a self built 60' boat. |
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Irish Waterways History |
irishwaterways.wordpress.com |
Blog on the history of the inland waterways by Brian J Goggin. |
| Tuesday Night Club |
www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html |
A narrowboat visits the
Shannon-Erne, Shannon, Grand-Canal to Dublin and back (with detour to Naas)
- all in 15 days - extensive photo gallery. |
| Tony Hayes |
tonyhaynes.blogspot.com/ |
Adventures
by barge on the Erne |
| Mithril |
sailmithril.tripod.com/thevoyages/ |
The voyages
of IWAI Newry branch members Geraldine Foley & Peter Maxwell who have been
around the world and back over the past few years. |
| "Cadenza" |
www.ghyc.co.nz/warren_n_louise.htm |
New
Zealanders Warren and Louise Shave who set off early in 2007 on a wonderful
trip to do the waterways of England and Ireland in a specially commissioned
Kiwi boat |
| Noel Griffin |
www.griffinsoft.com/cruise06/ |
Ocean Froggie's cruise
from Killaloe on Lough Derg around the coaast to Dún Laoghaire and back. |
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Pa Keog's Shannonbound |
www.shannonbound.net |
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Guide to Cruising |
about.com |
A nice intro - is Cruising for me? |
| Mark
O'Toole, Russ Ryan, Adrian Gallagher |
www.turas.ie/site/?p=48 |
3 lads paddling the Shannon - a well documented Kayak trip down the
Shannon in August 2007 raiding money for the Irish Cancer Society (Mark
O'Toole, Russ Ryan, Adrian Gallagher) - hint use the calendar or links
at the bottom of pages to
navigate the trip! |
| Stefan Kupner |
www.shannon-info.de |
OK, it helps if you
speak German, but you don't need German to appreciate the superlative range
of photographs on this site. |
| Tina & Willi Klug |
www.wasserrausch.de |
More rambles in Ireland
on the Erne, Shannon-Erne and Shannon. Tina & Willi are regular
contributors to our photo gallery. |
| Wilhelm & Konni Offer |
www.shannon-fans.de |
Another German site,
and another excellent photo-gallery from many years on the Shannon |
| Peter Zech & Filippo
Misticoni |
www.eireskipper.net |
Peter & Pipo's guide to
the Erne and Shannon featuring very accomplished photo albums |
| Peter, Ingrid and Anja
through the years on Peringana |
home.tiscali.de/peringana/ |
An extraordinary site,
with the full low-down on Peringana, a 29ft Seamaster, its crew and travels
on all the waterways of Ireland. |
| Kalevi Lehtonen |
www.webstaagi.net/ireland/ |
A Finn's Boating
Holidays in Ireland |
| Paul Timon's |
www.iol.ie/~pt/index.html |
Old portal (1996), but
good map of Carrick on Shannon. |
| Thomas Kehlrein |
www.kehrlein.com/barrow.htm |
Americans like the
Barrow in a rented barge |
| Brian Goggin |
www.canals.com
Parts: 1
2
3
4
5
6 |
The Goggin family on
the Barrow, 1999. |
| Brian Goggin |
www.canals.com
Report |
The Goggin family on
the Grand Canal, 2000 |
| Rob and Marlane |
www.robandmarlane.com |
Follow the Travels of
Rob and Marlane aboard their Boat Oo-La-La in the UK and France. |
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www.explorermagazin.de/irl7696/irl96.htm |
A trip on the Erne,
~1996 |
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www.ewald.org/Irland/Shannon/Gallery.html |
Excellent set of photos |
| Paddling the Shannon |
www.paddleplus.co.uk/shannon.html |
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| Paddling the Shannon |
www.turas.ie/site/?p=48 |
3 lads
paddle the Shannon |
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www.microcruising.com |
something different |
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home.tiscalinet.ch/joeabt/index.htm?irland03.htm |
8 Swiss on an ESL |
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Boards
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| Central
Fisheries Board |
www.cfb.ie |
All you
ever wanted to know about fishing in Ireland - They have a synopsis of the
legal requirements, plus a directory of ghillies, Irish Fishing Guides
and Instructors. They also have a listing of off-shore charter fishing
boats. |
| Shannon
Fishery Board |
www.shannon-fishery-board.ie |
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Clubs, Trusts, Portals
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Fishing on Dublin's Canals |
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| Irish
Federation of Pike Angling clubs |
www.angling-in-ireland.com |
an
excellent site for the dedicated angler - see their Fishing Directory |
| Rivers of
Ireland |
www.riversofireland.com |
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| National
Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland |
www.ncffi.ie |
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| Infowing
Ireland |
www.infowing.ie |
great
fishing info. |
| Fish
Ireland |
www.fishireland.com |
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| Go Fishing
Ireland |
www.gofishingireland.com |
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| Lough
Allen info |
www.allen.ie |
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| Pike
Ireland |
www.pike-ireland.com |
Belle-Isle
Pike fishing holidays on the Erne |
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Well, why bother with our own list, the Central Fisheries Board claims
to have the definitive list of all fishing tackle suppliers -
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www.cfb.ie/fishing_in_ireland/tackleshops |
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Tooman
Angling & Leisure Ltd,
Bridge St, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
Tel. (0)7196 21872 |
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Ray
Duithie,
Old Forge Banagher,
Angling Advisor,
Bait Stockist and Accommodation
Tel: 0509 51504 |
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Home Field
and Stream - 18 Church Street - Enniskillen - N. Ireland
Phone (UK) 028 66322114 -
(RoI) 048 66322114 -
(Int) +44 28 66322114 |
www.homefieldandstream.com |
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Carlow
Coarse Angling Supplies
8 St. Fiacc's Terrace,
Graiguecullen, Carlow, Co. Carlow.
05991 37664 or 087 2257452
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carlowcoarseanglingsupplies.com |
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