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| centurion |
Posted - 27/10/2006 : 11:34:57
Ballyglass
Regatta at Ballyglass
Regatta at Ballyglass
Hare Island
Carberry Island
Walther Levinge, designer of the Shannon 1 Class
Ballykeeran
Thanks for the Memory by Harry Rice
Map of Westmeath
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| doojeen |
Posted - 13/05/2010 : 19:41:10
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| Sleeveen |
Posted - 27/03/2010 : 15:23:55
http://www.athlonelive.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1434
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| Mark Anthony |
Posted - 27/03/2010 : 08:09:15
Is it not a safety boom for cruisers and boating should they get caught in the current above the weir wall ?. |
| Assumptioner |
Posted - 27/03/2010 : 01:42:29
Anyone know the story with threse floats:
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| Sleeveen |
Posted - 27/01/2010 : 14:18:05
'Lady Betty Balfour' at Athlone Docks
'The Lady Betty Balfour' was a well known steamer on the Shannon at the turn of the twentieth century. She was built in Scotland for the Shannon Development Company and according to local tradition this picture was taken on the Docks in Athlone c1910. The occasion is said to have been the annual outing for the staff of Thomas Burgess & Sons. The firm of Thomas Burgess & Sons is still flourishing in Athlone having taken over the stock-in-trade of Matthew Headen in 1839. The picture captures the atmosphere of an Edwardian group heading to Lough Ree possibly to picnic on one of the islands.
(Westmeath Library Service)
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| justin time |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 16:06:58
Aerial Shot of the Three Bridges
I get dizzy looking at this sort of view 
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| n/a |
Posted - 23/01/2007 : 23:51:25
Dáil Éireann - Volume 2 - 22 March 1923
CEISTEANNA — QUESTIONS - AN ATHLONE ARREST
SEAN O LAIDHIN: To ask the Minister for Defence to state the reason for the arrest of William Mannion, Hill of Berries, Athlone, on September 23rd, 1922, and his detention in Custume Barracks, [2404] Athlone; if the Minister is aware that the prisoner has signed the undertaking required by the Government, and that the Canon and Clergy of the Parish have gone security for him. Further, to ask if it is intended, in view of the above undertakings, to keep the prisoner in custody.
The PRESIDENT (for Minister for Defence, General Mulcahy): Mr. Mannion was released on the 20th inst.
If at first you don't succeed...so much for skydiving! |
| Sleeveen |
Posted - 21/01/2007 : 14:24:29
Five pages packed with wonderful photos of Athlone here:
http://www-us.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley/tags/athlone/
Click on the magnifying glass over the top left of the photos to enlarge them
They can also be viewed as a slideshow
http://www.irishphotos.net/medium_Athlone%20Bridge%2002_IPN.jpg |
| BeechPark |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 23:35:27
OSB. No Barrymore. No Barrybeg. Are you confident in that?
I can certainly believe these are contrived names, without history. I hope you can learn us something  You know exactly what I mean. |
| BeechPark |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 23:23:01
Another has intoned to me that the real name is the Hill of Barrys as opposed to Berries. Barrymore, Barrybeg etc. being the logic. |
| n/a |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 18:14:56
Aren’t you glad you asked?
Sure am, as I often wondered when, why, and who planted those trees, as there is no house beside them, at least none from that period, and there are not enough of them to call it a wood, and too many and too close to be in someone's back garden. Where did you dig up that information? |
| n/a |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 16:51:53
Interesting, what exactly had the planting of the trees got to do with the railway construction? |
| n/a |
Posted - 18/01/2007 : 14:55:05
Looking at the photos of Ballglas, the one black and white and the one coloured, they seem to have been taken from the same spot,looking at the lie of the land. Anyway, in the one the cluster of trees on The Hill of Berries are present, and on the other one not, which would indicate that both photos were taken a very long time apart. Maybe I'm wrong and the photos were taken from different angles. Anybody else notice that? |
| doojeen |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 16:28:30
The Lock, Athlone
 Anyone who found the aerial shots on athlone.ie interesting might like to know that there are 24 bird's-eye views of the town, the lake and Clonmacnoise on another local website, which you can see by clicking here.
You can see 24 hour webcam views of Coosan Point and Lough Ree, and a 360 degree shot of Killinure Point, if you click here 
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| doojeen |
Posted - 29/10/2006 : 02:47:16
Yeah, that was Daisy Mulvihill - she was still caretaker of the old LRYC clubhouse in the late 60s. Apparently it's the second oldest yacht club in the world, the oldest being the Royal Cork YC.  |
