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Canals 1996 - Ireland S-Erne


The 1996 canal holiday was perhaps our most ambitious ever (possibly other than the 1982 "Big Ring" tour). We hired from Tullamore and took 2 9'-beam boats up the Shannon and across to Lough Erne and Enniskillen.

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Dublin Bombardier bus turns onto O'Connell Bridge

27 September 1996



Dublin Bombardier bus on O'Connell Bridge

27 September 1996



Leyland Olympian bus in Westmoreland Street, Dublin

27 September 1996



Ex-Nottingham Atlantean open-top on a Guide Friday working outside Trinity College

27 September 1996



City Swift Olympian

27 September 1996



Leyland AN68 on Dublin sightseeing operations

27 September 1996



Leyland Atlantean & AEC Routemaster on sightseeing tours outside Trinity College Dublin

27 September 1996



Mk3 control trailer heads into Connolley station Dublin

27 September 1996



121 class no. 124 on a push-pull working at Connolley

27 September 1996



Sunset on the River Shannon

29 September 1996



Shannonbridge turf-burning power station

29 September 1996



Celtic Duke passes under the Bord-na-Mona bridge at Shannonbridge

29 September 1996



The Bord-na-Mona bridge at Shannonbridge

29 September 1996



On the Shannon above Shannonbridge

30 September 1996



Two 9'-beam boats breasted-up makes for a very sociable time!

30 September 1996



- and only one person is needed to steer.

30 September 1996



Approaching Athlone

30 September 1996



Athlone Lock

30 September 1996



Athlone Lock

30 September 1996



On the quay at Athlone

30 September 1996



At sea! - heading out onto Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



Passing a southbound boat on Lough Ree

30 September 1996



Ivor spud-bashing

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



On Lough Ree

30 September 1996



Tarmonbarry Lock

01 October 1996



Tarmonbarry Lock

01 October 1996



Rooskey

01 October 1996



Dromod Harbour

02 October 1996



Dromod Harbour

02 October 1996



The Railway Bar, Dromod

02 October 1996



ex-BnaM inspection car on the Cavan & Leitrim Railway

02 October 1996



ex-IoM carriage at Dromod

02 October 1996



Compartment interior of IoM Rly carriage being restored at Dromod

02 October 1996



CIE-built railcar trailed from the West Clare Railway at Dromod

02 October 1996



Steam loco shed at Dromod

02 October 1996



P Way wagons at Dromod (all ex-BnaM)

02 October 1996



Mine loco attached to 0-4-2T loco "Dromod"

02 October 1996



Anthony in the cab of "Dromod"

02 October 1996



"Dromod" outside the shed. She was specially dragged out for us by the local staff.

02 October 1996



Carriage shed and station platform at Dromod

02 October 1996



ex-CIE country bus at Dromod

02 October 1996



Dromod IR signal Cabin

02 October 1996



C&L station buildings at Dromod

02 October 1996



Jamestown Harbour

02 October 1996



Jamestown Harbour

02 October 1996



In the fog on the Shannon above Jamestown

03 October 1996



In the fog on the Shannon above Jamestown

03 October 1996



In the pub at Battlebridge, the highest navigable point on the Shannon

03 October 1996



In the pub at Battlebridge

03 October 1996



Battlebridge mooring on the Lough Allen Canal

03 October 1996



Do not shoot the tourists!

03 October 1996



Drumleague Lock

03 October 1996



Drumleague Lock

03 October 1996



Lough Allen at Drumshanbo

03 October 1996



Drumshanbo lock, which locks down into Lough Allen

03 October 1996



Battlebridge Lock, waiting for Anthony's boat to come down onto the Shannon

03 October 1996



Battlebridge Lock, Anthony's boat comes out onto the Shannon

03 October 1996



On the upper Shannon near Leitrim Town

03 October 1996



Entering Lough Scur, Sarah wears the Banana

04 October 1996



Lough Scur

04 October 1996



Keshkerrigan

04 October 1996



Keshkerrigan

04 October 1996



Corraquill Lock, which has failed due to a power cut

04 October 1996



Waiting for the "Ranger" at Corraquill Lock

04 October 1996



Memorial stone at Corraquill Lock commemorating the opening of the Sahnnon-Erne Waterway in 1994

04 October 1996



On our way at last

04 October 1996



Aghalane Bridge, removed during the Troubles to prevent smuggling

04 October 1996



Belturbet

04 October 1996



In the pub at Belturbet

04 October 1996



Passing Crom on Upper Lough Erne

05 October 1996



Lady Craigavon Bridge over Upper Lough Erne

05 October 1996



Wind turbines south west of Upper Lough Erne

05 October 1996



Upper Lough Erne

05 October 1996



Upper Lough Erne

05 October 1996



Carrybridge

05 October 1996



Passing Carrybridge

05 October 1996



Essential supplies are transferred

05 October 1996



Enniskillen

05 October 1996



Enniskillen

05 October 1996



The landing on Inniscorkish Island

06 October 1996



Reihill's restaurent and bar on Innishcorkish Island

06 October 1996



Riversdale Boatyard, Ballinamore

07 October 1996



Going up a lock on the Shannon-Erne Waterway

07 October 1996



The pub at Kilclare

07 October 1996



A frosty morning at Kilclare

08 October 1996



Morning at Kilclare

08 October 1996



Getting Josie ashore at Lanesborough

09 October 1996



Mooring at Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Clonmacnoise

10 October 1996



Shannonbridge

10 October 1996



Shannonbridge

10 October 1996

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth