History - Sailing
Water Wags
........proposed new boat which was to be based on the Shankill boiler plate design. Thirteen of these new 'One design' boats were built in 1887 at a cost of £13.00 each.
The New Club, managed by a King, Queen, King's Bishop, Queen's Bishop, Knights and Rooks, was called "The Water Wags". Entry fees for races were paid to the Officer of the Day in his launch, and racing was started on the stroke of the Kingstown Town Hall clock. The entry 'takings' were then presented to the winner of the race.
History - Personal Reflections
My Dún Laoghaire Harbour
By Justin Merrigan
From a very early age Dún Laoghaire Harbour has always held a strong fascination for me.
From the age of five when from the back of my father's car I loved nothing more than to see one of the mailboats at rest on the east side of the Carlisle Pier, through the years until the day when I brought my own children to the harbour to view the operations of high speed craft, the harbour has been my very own place of tranquillity. More recently, in September 2003, I revisited the port from my home in Australia and, despite the addition of the new marina, it was almost as if I'd never left!
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