Maddock, John.

Rosslare Harbour, Sea & Ships.

First Edition. Portmarnock, Harbour Publications, 1996. 15 x 21 cm. 132 Pages, including photographs and map. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: Building Tuskar Lighthouse: Much Loss of Life / The Demands of Wexford Port and Wales / Loss of the Pomona with 400 lives / Loss of a Cunard Liner and other ships/ 419 rescued from an Emigrant Ship/ Rosslare/ Fishguard Becomes a Reality/ During World War I and After/ Rosslare Lifeboats Save 977 Lives/ Hopes for a Harbour in the 1860s/ An Airliner with 61 on Board Disappears/ Service to Bristol and Liverpool in 1896 etc.

Rosslare Harbour Sea & Ships spans 200 years of eventful maritime activity. It covers the days of sailing ships and the demands for a harbour of refuge through decades of toil, tragedy and progress to the successful emergence of a modern port.

• Keywords: County Wexford · Irish History · Irish Nautical History · Maritime History – Rare · Nautical Books · Rosslare
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0952829207
• Inventory Number: 41737AB

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