Other Open navigations:

• The Corrib

• The Nore

• The Suir

• The Slaney

• The Suck

• The Woodford River

• The Newry Ship Canal

• The Liffey

Closed Navigations

• Coalisland Canal

• Newry Canal

• Lagan Navigation

• Ulster Canal

• Clodiagh Navigation

• Boyne Navigation

• The Cong Canal

Proposed/New Navigations

• Lough Oughter extention

• Rinn River extention

• and others

Navigation authority is the Corrib Navigation Trustees. No registration or fees, but a distinct shortage of moorings means that only boats that can be launched and recovered (with suitable precautions against the spread of zebra mussels) are likely to be suitable.

• IWAI has a Corrib Branch

• Electronic charts are available from:

  • www.anglingcharts.com

• Carrick Craft sell a facsimile Admiralty Chart of Lough Corrib

• Check out www.corribcruises.com for a variety of day and night cruises.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Corrib - see the full list on our publications page:

A walking and rambling guide with lots of historical and nature type material.  It also has all the navigation marks shown on it and is the only publicly available map with them on it that we're aware of.  Its small scale. Published by Tir Eolas, Newtownlynch, Kinvara
Wilde's Lough Corrib Sir William Wilde, Reprint by Kevin Duffy, published by Kevin Duffy, Headford. €30.00 - Originally published in 1867, under the title of Lough Corrib: Its Shores and Islands, it has long been a much-valued collector’s item. Here we find a facsimile edition of the original, with all 74 woodcuts faithfully reproduced, a loose (a pity it’s not attached) 1867 map of Loughs Corrib and Mask and special foreword to the reprint by Dr Peter Harbison, like Wilde a member of the Royal Irish Academy. €30 An on-line version of this book is also available
By The Corribside, Maurice Semple, Published by the Author 1981, Hardback, 202pp, republished in 1984 in softback.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Nore

see Charles Dunn's guide to the Suir, Nore and Barrow Estuary (the three sisters)

See Estuary attractions and Estuary guidelines from IWN issue of Spring 2002

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Suir:

The Suir Navigation, Dick Lovegrove -  an article from IWN Autumn 2000

see Charles Dunn's guide to the Suir, Nore and Barrow Estuary (the three sisters)

The Clodiagh is a tributary of the River Suir.

An article The Clodiagh: the forgotten navigation by Brian J Goggin appeared in Inland Waterways News winter 2004

See also Estuary attractions and Estuary guidelines from IWN issue of Spring 2002

See also "A Guide to Carrick by the Suir" -
The Carrick guide is much more than a guide to the town: it's a navigation guide for the Suir from Waterford up to Carrick, and the only one in print. The guide is fairly recent and should be available from the Carrick-on-Suir Boat Club

No registration, no navigation authority (except in Wexford Harbour), no charges.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Slaney:

Online Charts to the Slaney can be found here

A number of articles related to the Slaney navigation can be found on the Slaney branch of IWAI site

See also Cecil G. Miller's, Slaney Guide to the tidal section, with history, wildlife and angling notes. Published by Slaney branch of IWAI and Wexford Harbour Boat Club

and John Duffy's The River Slaney From Source to Sea, pubIished in 2006 more information on this book and a review here.

The River Suck is navigable from Ballinasloe to the Shannon.  There is one lock.  While this navigaion is not on our on-line map of the Shannon Navigation, it is included in all current Navigation Charts of the Shannon Navigation.

The Woodford River enters the main Shannon Navigation at Rossmore Bay on Lough Derg.  A guide to exploring the Woodford River is here on our Lough Derg Branch site.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Newry Navigation:

The Newry Ship Canal connects Newry to the Irish Sea - see Seán Patterson's article
"THE NEWRY SHIP CANAL 1850-2003".

See the Newry Branch of IWAI website.

The Liffey is navigable up to Islandbridge (subject to tidal conditions).

See the Dublin Branch of IWAI website for more information
 

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Coalisland Canal:

A number of articles related to the Tyrone navigation can be found on the Coalisland branch of IWAI site.

Book: “This Wonder-working Canal – A History of the Tyrone Navigation”, by Thomas McIlvenna (2005).

The Coalisland Canal - article by Jim Canning

The Wonder-working Canal, Thomas McIlvenna

Coal and Gas in the North, Shane Belford from IWN Winter 2001

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Newry Navigation:

In March 2005, A Newry branch of IWAI was formed.  A number of articles related to the Newry navigation can be found here.

A description of the Newry Canal is here

The Newry Canal, Brian Cassells also The Newry Canal from Portadown to Newry

David Algeo has a description of a walk by the Newry canal.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Lagan:

In January 2005, A Lagan Branch of IWAI was formed.
A trust was formed in 2009 - see The Lagan Canal Trust
See Mark Walsh's Lagan Navigation gallery - a comprehensive piece of work.
 

Lisburn's Lagan Corridor Strategic Framework, 2003 - you can download this document here
 

A number of articles related to the Newry navigation can be found on the Lough Erne branch of IWAI site

David Algeo has compiled some Lagan-side walks

Once Again Upon the Lagan? Shane Belford

A description of the Lagan Navigation is here.

The Lagan Boat Company N.I. Ltd offer cruises in the heart of Belfast - www.laganboatcompany.com , Belfast - +44 (0)28 90 330844

Cityboats in Lisburn is planning to introduce its 12- seater luxury narrowboat in 2005 for passenger cruises.

Book: Blair, May, Once Upon the Lagan: The Story of the Lagan Canal, Fifth printing, The Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 2000.
ISBN 0 85640 245 1
A wonderful book, preserving the oral history of those who worked on the Lagan Canal: "Conversations with canal folk, photographs (many of them gleaned from old family albums), documents of the Lagan Navigation Company, songs, poems --- all have been combined in this absorbing verbal and visual record of a way of lilfe now gone and almost forgotten." Includes the words of The Cruise of the Callabar.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Boyne:

The Boyne Navigation Branch of IWAI was formed in May 2007, taking off from the work of the Boyne Navigation Restoration Group. Click on the map of the Boyne Navigation at right for a larger version.  A higher resolution version can be found on the Boyne Navigation Branch of IWAI website.

A number of articles related to the Boyne navigation can be found on the Dublin branch of IWAI site here.

The IWN Summer 2005 issue featured the Boyne - see the main article here


 

Book: Drogheda Local Voices, Memories of the Boyne. The Story of the Drogheda Rowing Club, Drogheda Local Voices, 2000
ISBN:0-9539789-0-7
Available from Drogheda Local Voices, No 1, Millmount, Drogheda, Phone: 041-9846519
The book contains photographs from the turn of the century to the Millennium Regatta in 2000. "Rowing Moments" which give an insight into the activities of Drogheda Rowing Club and a way of life long past. "Regatta Results" showing the winners of various races since 1862. "Laytown Boat Races & Athletic Sports", with reports from the Drogheda Conservative of the activities on shore and in the water.

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Clodiagh:

The Clodiagh is a tributary of the River Suir.

An article The Clodiagh: the forgotten navigation by Brian J Goggin appeared in Inland Waterways News winter 2004

Articles, sites, publications and other items related to the Cong Canal:

The Cong Canal was intended to link Lough Mask and Lough Corrib.

ON the Geological Survey of Ireland site, you'll find geological information showing the track of the Cong Canal together with neighbouring underground rivers.

Ewan Duffy's photos

Articles, sites, publications and other proposals related to new navigations:

• Expanding the Navigation, Fred Share - proposals to extend the current inland waterways system - from IWN Summer 2000
   

• In 1995, a group called the "Rynn River Waterway" commissioned a feasibility study to investigate the potential of opening the Rinn River to navigation.  The Rinn River links Lough Rinn in Co. Leitrim to Lough Forbes on the river Shannon, entering Lough Forbes in the north east corner of the lake.  This group has recently reactivated (2006).
   

• In 2006, Erne Lakelands Tourism produced "a vision document" on the benefits of "The Bréifne Erne Waterway" - this is an extension of the Erne navigation from its existing terminus at Belturbet and extending it to Killeshandra.  This proposal has also been referred to as the "Lough Oughter Navigation Extension".  
   

• Once upon a time, there was a proposal to link the Liffey and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) by canal - see information related to Dublin and Kingstown Ship Canal  from 1832 (28 pages)
   

General Boating Articles

GPS usage on the inland waterways - course by Noel Griffin - see also Dave McCabe's Shannon GPS charts.

Boat Electrics: Batteries, Part 1 of a 3. (from IWN Winter 2006)

PG's Tips: Winter Cruising. ,(from IWN Winter 2006)

The Joys of Springs - Richard Holbrook explains how to tie up your boat so that it remains where it should! - (from IWN Winter 2005)

See Grog's excellent animated knots website if you want some guidance on knots for boating and fishing.

Paul Garlands Tips on what to do when your boat's engine stops! (from IWN Summer 2005)

Baby on Board! - Aileen Flynn provides some insights and advice for folk considering taking small children boating (from IWN Spring 2003).

LPG on boats - article by Roger Lorenz part1, part2

Where can I live on a barge near Dublin? - Brian J Goggin and John Thompson answer one of our most frequently asked questions.

Bringing your boat to Ireland - A look at what's involved in bringing (in this case) a narrowboat over from the UK, and what to expect if you do.

Winterising Diesel Engines - Step by step guide to protecting boat diesel engines from the rigours of an Irish winter

Guidelines for the use of VHF radios - Licensing, technical and practical information about the use of VHF radio on the inland waterways

Putting a boat on the water: What do you have to do if you want to put a boat on the inland waterways?

The ISA/IWAI Certificate of Competency - for Motor Cruising on the the Irish Inland Waterways. Not mandatory (yet), but recommended for all boat skippers.

Metamorphosis: Terry & Jean Frew - The story of the metamorphosis of The Dolphin from an offshore 50-man lifeboat into a comfortable four-berth cabin-cruiser.

Téarmaí Bádóireachta  Boating terms as Gaeilge, le Seán Ó Riain

One day in July - an assembly of different accounts of what was happening on one ordinary summer's day July 14 2002, to give a picture of typical activity on our waterways ( from IWN Autumn 2002) .

The British Boat Safety Scheme, Tommy Murphy

Colm na Cora, the Garda patrol boat from IWN Summer 2002

The Shannon One Design (aka SOD), David Beattie, probably the most successful native one-design class of sailing boats in Ireland - from IWN Summer 2000

Health & Safety:

Weil's Disease (Leptospirosis) - article by Dr John Fleetwood, from IWN Spring 2002

Safety  - Fire, Water, Lifejackets and Carbon Monoxide, Flares. from IWN Spring 20003

See our guide to Buying a lifejacket in Ireland - see also Inflated Opinion - article by John Leech on the merits or otherwise of auto-inflating life jackets - from IWN Winter 2004.

Rescue Groups

Environment:

Electric Boats - article by Alun Goodall - part1,  part2

Portable Toilets - article by Brian J Goggin from IWN Summer 2002

Get the solids out of the Shannon - article by Brian J Goggin from IWN Summer 2002

Ecotopia is a yearly two-week gathering of environmental and social activists organised by European Youth For Action (EYFA).  This is a report by Carolan Goggin of a 2002 gathering. (from IWN Autumn 2002)

Loos: Lough Derg and Lough Ree Catchment, Brian J Goggin, from IWN Winter 2001

Loos laws, Brian J Gogggin - rules about loos on the canals, the Shannon and the Erne, from IWN Winter 2001

Winsome loos sum, Brian J Gogggin - more about toilets!, from IWN Winter 2001

Derg and Ree Catchment Monitoring: Final Report or New Beginning?, Paddy Mackey from IWN Autumn 2001

Nature Designations on Waterways: Why Bother? Paddy Mackey, from IWN Spring 2003

 

Nature:

Zebra Mussel Control, Michael Hynes - article from IWN Summer 2004

Bats and Irish Waterways, Dr Niamh Roche - article from IWN Autumn 2001

Dolphins Dr Simon Berrow, from IWN Summer 2001

The magic of the mayfly on the Shannon, John Leech, from IWN Summer 2000

Zebra Mussel Control, Michael Hynes - article from IWN Summer 2004