In Irish Waterways |
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| Edward O'Regan |
| ISBN: 1-85607-915-5 |
| Price: € 12.99 |
| Date Published: Feb 2005 |
| Extent: 168pp |
| Size: 197 x 129mm |
| Binding: Paper |
| Rights: World |
| Description |
Over a ten-year period, starting in 1939, Edward O'Regan and
a companion took to Ireland's waterways in a collapsible canoe, which they
called Minny. They brought with them only basic provisions and a tent.
Their expeditions took place on canals, rivers and lakes.
In Irish Waterways tells the story of those distant adventures,
conveying the charm of a more innocent Ireland, the hardship of The
Emergency, an almost deserted countryside, but most of all a fantastic
sense of several great explorations.
Young and enthusiastic, all Edward wanted was to discover those marvellous
inland waters and to revel in the pursuit that Kenneth Grahame so aptly
described in The Wind in the Willows: 'Believe me, my young friend,
there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply
messing about in boats.'
Edward O'Regan's maiden voyage on Minny was on the Liffey. After that he
crossed the country several times, going west along the Royal Canal, north
to the Lough Oughter in Cavan, through the midlands on the Brosna and on a
separate occasion on the Shannon and Lough Ree, around Lough Corrib in
Galway, and into the deep south on the Blackwater.
Beautifully illustrated with evocative photographs of the various trips,
this is much more than a memento of Ireland in the 1940s or an account of
a boating enthusiast. This is social history at its best.
details from Currach press at:
http://www.currach.ie/catalogue.php?cat=search&action=7&ISBN=1-85607-915-5
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Author Biography |
| Edward O'Regan commenced work in 1934 with LMS Railway,
North Wall, Dublin which ran a cargo service between Holyhead and Dublin.
He joined Irish Shipping Ltd in 1947 and retired in 1982. He was chairman
of the Irish branch of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers up to his
retirement. A keen swimmer and weight-lifting enthusiast in his 20s and
30s, he was a member of Hercules Weight-lifting and Amateur Wrestling Club
on Ormond Quay, Dublin. |
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