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Yes, but not in the south
I see that Emerald Star offer what they call a Southern Shannon Cruise, which starts at Carrick-on-Shannon and goes all the way south to … Athlone. Athlone may be in the midlands, yes, but not in the...
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All this excitement …
… can’t be good for me. Last week Their Excellencies the Revenue Commissioners published two versions of their list of holders of marked fuel trader’s licences, the second [.xls] dated St Valentine’s...
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Shannon Leisure Development Co Ltd
No, me neither, but it seems to mean CarrickCraft, which now has Marked Fuel Trader’s Licences for its bases at Banagher and Carrick-on-Shannon, thus swelling the host of the elect.Filed under: Ashore,...
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Buying diesel
The Revenue Commissioners’ latest list of holders of marked fuel trader’s licences doesn’t seem to have any new names on it. So, as far as I can see, there are no licensed sellers on the Grand Canal,...
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Canal carrying 1846: the Royal Canal
Isaac Slater’s Directory[i] of 1846 lists those carrying goods on inland waterways. There is a long list for Dublin; entries for other towns list those providing local services [there are some...
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WI to close Carrick-on-Shannon office?
Leitrim Observer story here. If Carrick is being reviewed, I presume other offices are too. I’m sure Scarriff is lovely, but …. It seems that at least some folk are beginning to realise how bad...
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More on WI’s offices
Thanks to the excellent KildareStreet.com. Dáil written answers 1 July 2014: Tony McLoughlin [FG, Sligo-North Leitrim]: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has...
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Carrick-on-Shannon in 1949
T W Freeman “The town and district of Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim” in Irish Geography (Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Ireland) Vol II No 1 1949: There is no mill in use now, though flour is...
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Grand Canal Company 1861
Sailing of the company’s trade boats, commencing Saturday, 1st June, 1861 The Company’s Swift Trade Boats start with the strictest punctuality daily to the following stations, viz: — Athlone,...
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Tarmonbarry 1851
To the Editor of the [Dublin] Evening Mail Sir In your impression of the 3d instant, under the head of “The Famine Advances and the English Press”, I find a reference to the (so called) improvement of...
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