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"Troubled Waters" Patrick Ferguson

Troubled Waters Front Cover

Description
Shipwreck and Heartache on the Irish Sea, fewer and fewer, are aware of the untold horrors that have occurred along the Irish coastline, from Carlingford Lough in the North to the Tuskar Rock in the South. The stories are accompanied by images to help visualise the scale of the shipping disasters. Pat Ferguson recounts the perilous time before the development of today's modern sea-faring technology, when ruthless ship owners sacrificed their men in the pursuit of profit.

Pat Fergusons work recounts the many untimely deaths which have occurred under the unrelenting force of the sea, a catalogue of bravery and misadventure on the Irish Sea. The fearsome tales span over a hundred years providing detailed accounts of the fate of the RMS Leinster, the Seahorse, Lambay Island and the disasters at Tuskar Rock.

Troubled Waters provides detailed recounts of the dangerous associated with the Irish coast

Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
ISBN: 978 1 84588 912 8
Cost: €16.99

In Honour and Memory
Memorials of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Description
The Heritage Officer of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has recently published the booklet In Honour and Memory - the Memorials of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. This booklet celebrates a small but important part of our cultural landscape. The memorials in it go from the well-known to the not so well known. From plaques on walls to full blown monuments. From the George iv memorial in Dún Laoghaire to the Nathaniel Alcock memorial buried in the woods of Carrickgollogan, from a simple stone bench to Sandycove postman Denis Burton to 3 Monkstown astronomers, from Evie Hone in Marlay Park to Stephen Roche in Dundrum. While the array of people featured in the booklet is impressive it is perhaps surprising that more of the many illustrious inhabitants of this part of Dublin have not been given public recognition for their works.

Cost €10 each. Copies are available from all booksellers and from DLRCoCo, Contact tcarey@dlrcoco.ie for more information.

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Between the Mountains and the Sea
by Peter Pearson and Robert Vance

Graphic: Between the Mountains and the Sea book cover

Description
This new edition of Between the Mountains and the Sea features a 32-page colour introduction highlighting changes since the first edition, and illustrated with over 700 photographs, old prints, maps, etchings...

Pearson tells of the geographical, economic and social history of this area, its famous inhabitants, its agricultural development, methods of transport, sport and recreational aspects. He details the architectural heritage of the county, which is studded with architectural riches from many different eras, and with some of the most desirable homes and property in the country.

Hidden Streams: A New History of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
by Brian Mac Aongusa

Graphic: Hidden Streams: A New History of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown book cover

Description
Local historian, Brian Mac Aongusa, takes the reader on a voyage of discovery of South County Dublin, now known as Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown. The history has been influenced by rivers and streams. There are thirty in the county and by tracing the significance of rivers and streams to the first inhabitants, early Christians, Vikings and the Anglo-Normans; Hidden Streams throws new light on the monuments and landscape still visible today. A fascinating world of: water-powered industries, growth of the first township, the suburbs of Kingstown, Blackrock, Killiney, Ballybrack, and Dalkey are revealed.

The growth of Dublin's southern suburbs has severely impacted on the landscape and character of the county, now many small rivers and streams have been channeled underground, out of sight or even out of memory

A Guide to Dublin Bay: Mirror to the City
By John Givens

A Guide to Dublin Bay, a Mirror to the City

Description
A Guide to Dublin Bay takes a comprehensive look at some key issues facing Dublin today. It reviews the history and geography of the bay and its shorelines, discusses the great marine engineering achievements of the bull walls and Dun Laoghaire Harbour, and offers an overview of the many uses of the bay-as a channel for immense container ships and a venue for sailing competitions, as a place for strolling or swimming or fishing or just decompressing from the rigours of life in the capital city. There are, in effect, many Dublin Bays. This book collects them together and indicates the risks we face and the opportunities we have for preserving and transforming Dublin and its bay.

With dozens of photographs, maps and illustrations, A Guide to Dublin Bay will be of great interest to both locals and tourists, and indeed to anyone with an appreciation of this unique and exceptional natural resource.

About the Author:
John Givens is a writer currently living in Howth. New York Harbour, San Francisco Bay, and Tokyo Bay have all formed important parts of his life, and his writing career has included essays on communications strategy, branding and digital design, as well as travel essays and novels.

Details:
€19.95; 288 pages; illustrated; ISBN 1-905785-08-9; October 2006

More:
Extracts from the book can be found at the publishers', Liffey Press, web site or by following this link to the product details.

Lamentable Intelligence from the Admiralty

Lamentable Intelligence from the Admiralty book cover

Description
Lamentable Intelligence from the Admiralty: The Sinking of the HMS Vanguard in 1875; details the sinking of the HMS Vanguard outside of Dun Laoghaire port in 1875 near the Kish Bank by her sister ship the "Iron Duke", read synopsis.

 

Car Ferries of the Irish Sea 1954-2004

Car Ferries of the Irish Sea 1954-2004

Description
In this highly illustrated book, Justin Merrigan looks at the story of the Irish Sea car ferry since 1954. All the main routes including those from Larne, Belfast, Ballycastle, Dublin, Dún Laoghaire, Rosslare and Cork are covered, read the full Car Ferries of the Irish Sea 1954-2004 press realease.

 

"Torpedoed! The R.M.S. Leinster Disaster"

Torpedoed! The RMS Leinster Disaster Book Cover View

Description
"Torpedoed! The R.M.S. Leinster Disaster" by Philip Lecane will be available from the author in late May 2005.

Foreword by Maritime Historian Dr John de Courcy Ireland. Containing photographs and many eyewitness accounts, the book has a comprehensive passenger and crew list for the Leinster. A well researched and excitingly written work about the greatest ever loss of life in the Irish Sea, this book will appeal to all who enjoy a well-told story.

For details contact author through rdfa@eircom.net

Published by: Periscope Publishing
ISBN 1-904381-30-8
You can purchase the book locally from Philip Lecane, in hardback, price €25, plus €5 Postage and packaging, send payment by cheque, Postal Order to Philip Lecane, 77 Windsor Drive, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Overseas readers may purchase the book directly from the publishers.

Historical Publications

Publications Obtainable from Dún Laoghaire Harbour

  1.  Annual Tide tables
  2.  Information Brochure and Map