isadub.com » Liffey http://isadub.com/blog based on a true story Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:44:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 LE Ciara docking in Dublin http://isadub.com/blog/2007/05/18/le-ciara-docking-in-dublin/ http://isadub.com/blog/2007/05/18/le-ciara-docking-in-dublin/#comments Fri, 18 May 2007 21:52:27 +0000 isadub http://isadub.com/blog/2007/05/18/le-ciara-docking-in-dublin/ LE Ciara 006
The LE Ciara (P42) docked in Dublin on Thursday and I caught a few photos.

The ship prefix LÉ stands for Long Éireannach, or “Irish ship” as Gaeilge. (source: wiki).

Naval service vessels are all named with traditional Irish female names, taken from history and Celtic mythology.

LE Ciara is the fastest ship (of eight) in the Irish Naval Service.

Ciara was the daughter of a wealthy Christian family who settled near Nenagh, Co Tipperary in the 7th century. Ciara was a devout Christian and aged 20, she established a convent near her home which became famous and grew rapidly. It grew to such an extent that Ciara established another convent near Durrow, Co Laois where she spent many years, though she returned to her home before her death in 685.

(source: Irish Naval Service)

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2007 Trinity Regatta

]]> http://isadub.com/blog/2007/04/29/trinity-regatta/feed/ 5 North Wall car crash http://isadub.com/blog/2007/04/07/north-wall-car-crash/ http://isadub.com/blog/2007/04/07/north-wall-car-crash/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:34:25 +0000 isadub http://isadub.com/blog/2007/04/07/north-wall-car-crash/ I arrived too late to see what actually happened but I guess it happened after the Disney on Ice show in the Point Depot. Putting on my Sherlock Holmes hat, it looked like a navy blue renault pulled out in front of the ‘Paddywagon’ bus’. Somehow the blue renault ended up on the wrong side of the road and caused a little red car to swerve off the road into the Hales freight depot.

I don’t think anyone was hurt – it was just a momentary game of dodgems and, afterwards, a few bruised egos.

A larger photo is available here but it’s still a bit blurry since I photoshopped it to reduce it’s size. The original file shows much more detail but it would take forever to show here.

North Wall Quay car crash

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