O’Brien, Niall.

Blackwater and Bride – Navigation and Trade, 7000 BC to 2007 [This book is dedicated to the landowners, merchants and sailors who made navigation and trade possible on the Blackwater and Bride Rivers].

Niall O’Brien Publishing, 2008. Octavo. XII, 562 pages with plenty of illustrations throughout the volume. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Absolutely mint condition. SIGNED and dated by the author on the endpaper. Extremely Rare Book !!

This fantastic publication includes for example the following chapters:

Early Years of Travel (8000 BC – 1600) / The Rivers 1580 – 1700 / Opening the River 1700 – 1850 / The Ferries / Lismore Canal / Tidal River Traffic 1800-1900 / Shipbuilding by the River / Passenger Traffic and Steamboats / The Bride River 1902-1922 / Blackwater Dredging and River Improvements / River Quays and Bridges / Rowing, Coting and Yachting / Tidal River Traffic 1936-1958 / Bride and Blackwater Vessels /

• Keywords: Blackwater River · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Irish History – Rare · Lismore · Shipbuilding · Shipbuilding at the Blackwater River · Shipbuilding in Ireland · Shipbuilding industry
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 32166AB

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