Maritime Wexford
O'Leary, Jack.
Maritime Wexford [electronic resource] / Nick Rossiter, Jack O'Leary. - Stroud : The History Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
CW098 CW067
Includes bibliographical references.
Types of Vessel -- Settlement and Development -- Medieval Trade -- Beyond the Bay -- Pilot Establishment -- Day-to-Day Running -- The Twentieth Century and the Decline -- Landward -- Quays and Businesses -- Galatz and Beyond -- Further Maritime Adventures of Wexford Sailors -- Wars -- Maritime Elements -- Wexford Sailors -- Wexford's Last Deep-Sea Sailing Vessel -- Emigrant Ships from Wexford -- The Angry Sea -- Drownings and Wrecks -- Words and Music -- Harbour Structures -- Working Craft of Wexford Port. Ancillary -- Flotsam and Jetsam.
"Wexford has always had a long and close relationship with the sea. One of the county's most famous sons, John Barry, is known as the Father of the US Navy and, in Maritime Wexford, journalist Jack O'Leary and local historian Nicky Rossiter take the reader on a voyage that touches on this and many other stories of Wexford's maritime development. Taking in the early days of the town, together with its best-known ships and seafarers, through to the construction of the harbour and the economic benefit and sometimes personal cost that the sea has brought, this book is an important addition to" -- cover.
9780750958936: £11.99 0750958936 9781845888206
Wexford (Ireland)--History
Shipping--Irish sea--History
Shipping--History--Irish Sea
Shipping--History--Ireland
History.
Maritime history
European history
Ireland
Local history
Hydraulic engineering
Wexford (Ireland)--History.
941.8856
Maritime Wexford [electronic resource] / Nick Rossiter, Jack O'Leary. - Stroud : The History Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
CW098 CW067
Includes bibliographical references.
Types of Vessel -- Settlement and Development -- Medieval Trade -- Beyond the Bay -- Pilot Establishment -- Day-to-Day Running -- The Twentieth Century and the Decline -- Landward -- Quays and Businesses -- Galatz and Beyond -- Further Maritime Adventures of Wexford Sailors -- Wars -- Maritime Elements -- Wexford Sailors -- Wexford's Last Deep-Sea Sailing Vessel -- Emigrant Ships from Wexford -- The Angry Sea -- Drownings and Wrecks -- Words and Music -- Harbour Structures -- Working Craft of Wexford Port. Ancillary -- Flotsam and Jetsam.
"Wexford has always had a long and close relationship with the sea. One of the county's most famous sons, John Barry, is known as the Father of the US Navy and, in Maritime Wexford, journalist Jack O'Leary and local historian Nicky Rossiter take the reader on a voyage that touches on this and many other stories of Wexford's maritime development. Taking in the early days of the town, together with its best-known ships and seafarers, through to the construction of the harbour and the economic benefit and sometimes personal cost that the sea has brought, this book is an important addition to" -- cover.
9780750958936: £11.99 0750958936 9781845888206
Wexford (Ireland)--History
Shipping--Irish sea--History
Shipping--History--Irish Sea
Shipping--History--Ireland
History.
Maritime history
European history
Ireland
Local history
Hydraulic engineering
Wexford (Ireland)--History.
941.8856