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| Keywords: castleknock guinness barge guinnessbarge barge liffey river liffey riverliffey dublin ireland leinster quays james p. o'dea jamespodea friday 26th june 1959 1950s fifties victoria quay victoriaquay albert quay albertquay wolfe tone quay wolfetonequay 80 ft 80ft motor barge motorbarge vickers (ireland) limited vickersirelandlimited dublin dockyard company dublindockyardcompany 17 ft 17ft beam wellington monument wellingtonmonument swans cygnus olor cygnusolor seán heuston bridge seánheustonbridge hinged funnel hingedfunnel national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome outdoor vehicle boat black and white This is the very neat and tidy "Castleknock" - a Guinness Barge - moored on the River Liffey in Dublin (53 years ago today). Niall McAuley provided a great link to the OSI Historic Maps showing this landing stage. Meanwhile guliolopez unearthed a video of the "Castleknock" in action. Have a read of this fantastic article on the Guinness Barges from the Heritage Boat Assocation website contributed by blackpoolbeach. Thanks one and all! P.S. If there's a bit of radio silence from this end, I'd ask you to bear with me. I'm at a conference for the next four days, but I'll try to keep up with comments, etc. Date: Friday, 26 June 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 20/91 This is the very neat and tidy "Castleknock" - a Guinness Barge - moored on the River Liffey in Dublin (53 years ago today). Niall McAuley provided a great link to the OSI Historic Maps showing this landing stage. Meanwhile guliolopez unearthed a video of the "Castleknock" in action. Have a read of this fantastic article on the Guinness Barges from the Heritage Boat Assocation website contributed by blackpoolbeach. Thanks one and all! P.S. If there's a bit of radio silence from this end, I'd ask you to bear with me. I'm at a conference for the next four days, but I'll try to keep up with comments, etc. Date: Friday, 26 June 1959 NLI Ref.: ODEA 20/91 | ||||
