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Waterways Through Time – Contents

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

From Glacial Origins and Tuatha de Danaan Names to the Early Christians on Irish Waterways.

The Vikings on Irish Waterways.

Turlough O’Connor, High King of the Waterways

The Normans on Irish Waterways

Rise and Fall – The Maguire Kings of Fermanagh 

The Ulster Blackwater

The River Nore & the Nore Navigation

Genesis of the Canal Age

The Newry Canal

The Tyrone Navigation aka Coalisland Canal

The Lagan Navigation, County Antrim

The Strabane Navigation, County Tyrone

The Blackwater Navigation, County Cork

The Grand Canal

The Royal Canal – Rise, Fall, Rebirth

The Ulster Canal

The Lockhouse at Glear

The Navvies – An Interview with Ultan Cowley

Tales of Lough Erne – An Interview with Michael Clarke, Admiral of the Lough Erne Yacht Club

The Shannon One Design Class – An Interview with Vincent Delany

Tom Connolly (1917-2008) – Boat Driver & Engine Man – Rathangan, Co. Kildare

Frank Maher (1936-2014), Fisherman on the Blackwater, County Cork

Waterways Ireland – 10 Year Plan Launch. 

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