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Christmas came late in 1908783 viewsThe S.S. Irada (Gulf Transport Line) was a cargo ship of 8,124 tons built in Belfast by Workman Clark & Co in 1900 for H. Welsford & Co. She left Galveston, Texas in November 1908 with a mixed cargo of raw cotton and 21,000 bales of cotton bound for Liverpool. On the 22nd of December 1908 she hit rocks off the SW Point of Mizen Head and sank with the loss of Captain Beveridge, four crew members and a stewardess. Subsequently many of the bales washed into Pulleen Harbour to the west of Castletownbere where they were gratefully retrieved by locals in the above Picture. The propeller from the ‘Irada’ was salvaged in 1994 and now rests at Mizen Head Visitor Centre as a memorial to all wrecked ships in the area.Nov 22, 2010
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Beara I.F.A. march through Castletownbere. 1970’s764 viewsNov 22, 2010
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Bere Island4070 viewsThe handover of Bere Island by the British to the Irish Free State, (Saorstát Éireann)
26th September 1938.
Although Southern Ireland won Dominion Status on the 6th December 1921, the United Kingdom retained control as sovereign bases, three deep water ports in Ireland. Known collectively as the Treaty Ports, these were respectively, Castletown Berehaven, Lough Swilly and Queenstown (Cobh)
Nov 22, 2010
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Gigs723 viewsGigs at the Wooden Pier. Castletownbere Regatta. 1970's
Nov 22, 2010
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Winning Gig Crew outside Twomey's Bar1037 viewsRegatta 1960’s. Left to right: Nicholas McCarthy, Jimmy Murphy, Jack (Cudeen) Murphy, Dick (Doc) Murphy, Michael O’Neill, Dan O’Sullivan, Timmy O’Sullivan John O’Brien, Frankie Holland, Brian O’Sheil and Kieran (Tich) Murphy. Nov 22, 2010
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Bere Island Ferry607 viewsA helping hand is given to a reluctant cow which had just arrived at Castletownbere Pier on the old Bere Island Ferry
Nov 22, 2010
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Ferry632 viewsThe first Ferry between Bere Island and Castletownbere which was operated by the late John. J Harrington
Nov 22, 2010
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Fair Day785 viewsFair day in Castletownbere 1938
Nov 22, 2010
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Faces in the Crowd1427 viewsBerehaven Regatta 1959
Nov 22, 2010
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