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Personal Reflections
- Starters Hut
- Carlisle Pier
- Richard Thomas
- John Brennan
- Jim Lightfoot Photographs
- The Lighthouse
- My Dún Laoghaire
- The Ferries
- The Kelly Family
Locale
- Cannon
- Construction of the Harbour
- East Pier Overview
- East Pier Background
- East Pier Battery
- East Pier Lighthouse
- Sea Plane 1977
- Admiral Beaufort Letter
- In Honour and Memory
- Railway History
Maritime
- Water Wags
- Lightships
- RMS Leinster
- RMS Leinster Log
- RMS Leinster Leaflet
- Bay Shipwrecks
- Shipwrecks
- Rochdale & Prince of Wales
- Hobblers
- Beyond the Seas 1791-1853
- The Essex 1824-1837
- Talk - The Convict Hulk
Recommended Sites
Browsealoud
Harbour Quotes
The first discovery we made after we got into port was, that we had to take ourselves and things ashore at our own expense.
William J. Wills
History - Documents
Admiral Beaufort, A letter from the National Archive
Transcript of the Admiral Beaufort Letter from the National Archive
"The three points mentioned in this letter. 1. the uncertainty
of position during the eclipse of the revolving light on the East Pier
Head. 2. the necessity of a red or other distinguishing light on the West
Pier Head. and 3. the unfinished state of the Stone Quay are all matters
of very serious importance to the Liverpool Packets in dark nights and
with easterly winds, and would no doubt be immediately and easily rectified
by the Commissioners of Kingstown Harbour upon the recommendation of their
Lordships. It would be desirable to shorten the revolution of the Eastern
Pier light which now occupy a whole minute, so as to give it more the
appearance of a flashing, than of a slow-revolving light.
(Signed) F. Beaufort
26 Dec 1840
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