HeyJaredTom MacSweeney
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Tom MacSweeney column: Sea lords’ rule of western seaboard (opens the original)
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A western seaboard, connected from West Cork to the North coast of Antrim and across the North Channel to the coasts of Argyll and the Hebrides in Scotland, independent political territories beyond the control of the English and Scottish Crowns, was the maritime scene from the 11th to the 17th centuries. Trade and communication was strong between the Irish and Scottish communities, away from the reach and influence of the kings and queens of England and Scotland. The western seaboard communities
Tom MacSweeney column: Schull celebrates its rich sea life and maritime tradition (opens the original)
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West Cork town Schull has a long maritime tradition. Commercial fishing there can be traced back to the 1500s. Historical records recount many seine boats, with particularly big catches of pilchards during summertime, that were salted and packed for export. In the 19th and 20th centuries, fishing remained an important economic asset for the area. The Schull and Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway carried barrels of cured fish from Schull pier for export, until it was closed in 1947. The excelle
A 1932 photo of the last train to run on the Cork-Monkstown railway draws attention (opens the original)
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A photograph from September 1932 drew a lot of attention and nostalgia on the quayside at Monkstown village on Saturday. It was one amongst many put on display by the village’s Community Heritage Group. From September 10, 1932, it showed the last train to run on the Cork-Monkstown railway before the narrow-gauge line was shut down. That was an impressive railway route, using tunnels, along the harbour edge and onward to Crosshaven, which section of the line had been shut down earlier, on May 31.
Tom MacSweeney maritime column: Future for fishing communities grows bleaker (opens the original)
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John Lynch is a lifelong fisherman. Four generations of his family made their living from the sea, based out of Castletownbere, where his father was born. Now, his son Conor is at the start of his working life. Regularly he asks his father: ‘Is there a future in this?’ “I am finding it harder and harder to answer, because of the difficult and precarious situation the Irish fishing Industry finds itself in,” said John. Conor is the skipper of the Lynch family fishing vessel, ‘Eblana,’ a 37-year-o
Tom MacSweeney: Remembering the Asbestos War in Cork (opens the original)
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Erosion of local democracy and a harbourside community described as “natives causing trouble” were topics debated at the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival in the historic Shandon Quarter of Cork city on Saturday morning. The theme was ‘Remembering the Asbestos War in County Cork, 1975-1980.’ The focus of the debate was a ‘rough protest’ on May 15, 1978, at Ringaskiddy, against the dumping of asbestos waste from the Raybestos Manhattan factory in Ovens, which produced brake pads. The Ovens communit
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