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The Old Blog Cabin
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Musings and views from a resident of Cork Harbour Ireland. Ships, boats, fishing, sailing, rowing. All things nautical in fact, plus some local commentary and history.
Recent Posts
Liam Clancy - Home from the Sea
I'm posting this for no better reason than to pay tribute to the late, great Liam Clancy who died earlier this week. This is one of his most popular songs and one which all seafarers can identify with. Liam Clancy (1935-2009). Born Carrick-on-Suir,...
Cork\'s maritime past comes back with a bang
The City and County of Cork got a sharp reminder of its maritime heritage over the past week with the worst floods in living memory.The people of Cork are no strangers to flooding, but the floods which began on Thursday 19th November were something d...
Ships of the Irish Marine Institute
The r.v. Celtic Voyager (rv stands for Research Vessel) has been around Cork Harbour and the south coast for the past few weeks as part of its research work for the Galway based Marine Institute.The Celtic Voyager is the smaller of two research vesse...
Grimaldi Line - Regular callers to Cork Harbour
This is the first of a series in which ships which are regular visitors to Cork Harbour will be highlighted to give the reader an idea of the trade which is taking place in our port.The first to be highlighted is the Grimaldi Line which has several s...
No blogs at the Cabin, until now
Hardy visitors to the Old Blog Cabin may be forgiven for thinking I'd given up on the blog given it's two whole months since my last post was uploaded and there have been precious few updates of the site in the last five or six months. Well the blo...
Back again
In my last post six weeks ago or more I apologised for my failure to update the blog for some time. Unfortunately it happened again and I have had less and less time available (and perhaps a lack of inspiration) to keep it going.Quite a lot has happ...
