The Victoria Lock gates soon opened and, on a swell of escaping water we sailed into the sea estuary.
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The Victoria Lock gates soon opened and, on a swell of escaping water we sailed into the sea estuary.
A diary entry of a certain English Captain Bodley gives evidence of the reduced state of the country in 1603.
Fynes Moryson, secretary to Lord Mountjoy who savagely laid waste to the country of Ireland at the turn of the seventeenth century to defeat the ‘rebels’, was described as a ‘bookish man’ and was a learned fellow of Oxford – as was his master.
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On our journey down the Ship Canal that Spring day in 1949 we next encountered, or rather passed on the road to our right, a herring man. Soon either in Omeath or Carlingford he would be singing out the praises of his wares :
Dear Agnes
You are a lady noted for your deep compassion. Surely you, of all people, have a soft spot for Iris ?
Just over there at the first rise of land in Dromalane, you can see the ivy-covered granite edifice that once was the home of Newry’s greatest patriot, John Mitchel who was exiled to Van Dieman’s Land for his outspoken political beliefs. From there he wrote …
I’m still numbered among the few who travel the Fathom Line to Omeath weekly for diesel. The saving is down to ~10% but I love the route and it gives me some quality time with Naomi.
Even fellow military men recoiled in horror at the unprovoked massacre at Ballyholland in 1797. Some felt it contributed to the popularity of the United men in an area that had till then been peaceable and uninvolved.