Irish Poplar crew

Photos and comments from Tony Clements 2nd.February 2007	The grain berth, Lakehead, Thunder Bay , Lake Superior , May 1961. At the berth on the other side of the elevator, the “Irish Oak” was loading!	Sunset on Lake Superior , May 1961	Welland Canal St.Lawrence Seaway, May 1961 A study in baggy trousers! The Master Capt. Simms (on the right) with the two pilots
Photos and comments from Tony Clements 19th.January 2007	Fort Lauderdale daily news 2nd. April 1958 Drifting off the Bahamas, (bound Houston), and waiting for a tow into Fort Lauderdale, Florida for repairs (seawater in boilers?), April 1958. (back row, l to r): unknown, unknown, Willie Cummins (Apprentice), unknown. (front row, l to r): Tony “Clem” Clements (Apprentice), unknown, unknown, Jimmy Coady (Apprentice).	Houston, April 1958. Eddie Duffy (AB?).	Fort Lauderdale, April 1958. (l to r): J. Coffee, AB and the Chippy (Name unknown).
At sea, May 1958. Willie Cummins with his arm in a sling after falling off a masthouse.	At sea, bound for East Pakistan (as it was then, now Bangladesh), May 1958. Lifeboat drill with, as per what I wrote on back of photo, “the 3^rd. Mate advancing towards me to ask what I meant by taking photos during boat drill”! Names unknown except for Mick Murphy, AB, second from right. He was from Arklow, if I remember correctly. First on the left is the deckboy.	At sea, May 1958. Willie Cummins with the Master’s daughter. Master was Capt. E.C. G. Horne.	At sea, May 1958. Names unknown except for one. L to r: Bosun, seaman, Chippy, Apprentice (Jimmy Coady), seaman, fireman and seaman.
Port Said, May 1958. Chief Officer, J. A. Gleeson.	Port Said, May 1958. Deckboy with guards (no, he wasn’t being arrested!).	Chittagong, June 1958. Willie Cummins.	London, August 1958. The four apprentices, (l to r): “Red” O’Carroll, Jimmy Coady, Wille Cummins, Tony “Clem” Clements.
At Sea, bound from Geelong to Dublin, Christmas Day 1958. Most names unknown. 4th from left: the Master, Capt J. Poole, 5^th from left the Chief Officer?, 1^st from right: Chief Steward? Kneeling, middle front: Jimmy Coady (Apprentice) right: Andy Dunne (Apprentice)..	At Sea, bound from Geelong to Dublin, Christmas Day 1958. (from l to r): R/O?, unknown, the Master, Capt. J. Poole, 3^rd Mate?, Chief Officer?, unknown, unknown. Kneeling (l to r) three apprentices: Tony “Clem” Clements, Andy Dunne, Jimmy Coady.	At Sea, bound from Geelong to Dublin, Christmas Day 1958. The four apprentices (l to r): Andy Dunne, unknown, Jimmy Coady, Tony “Clem” Clements.	Dakar (for bunkers), bound Geelong to Dublin, December 1958. (We had already stopped at Fremantle and Durban for bunkers since leaving Geelong). (l to r): unknown, unknown, Mike Murphy, 2^nd. Mate (name unkown), unknown, Paddy Crane (AB).
Mobile, Alabama, February 1959. (l to r): Andy Dunne (Apprentice), unknown, Tony “Clem” Clements, unknown.	Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, with Diamond Head in the background, March 1959. A bunker stop when bound Mobile to Shimizu, Japan. Three apprentices, l to r: Andy Dunne, Steve Dallaghan, Tony “Clem” Clements.	Honolulu, March 1959. Apprentice on the left (name unknown) and unknown (maybe R/O?) on right.	The grain berth, Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959.
Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. (l to r): Steve Dallaghan (apprentice), Paddy Crane (AB).	At the beach (it was right next to the grain berth), Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. (l to r): unknown, unknown, Tony “Clem” Clements, Jimmy Coady.	Dublin Bay, January 1959. Waiting for the pilot to come across from the pilot cutter.	At Sea, bound Suez Canal from Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. Chief Steward (name unknown) with Mikie Poole, son of the Master, Capt. J. Poole.
At Sea, bound Suez Canal from Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. Simon Weaver (with model schooner he had made) and Mikie Poole, son of the Master, Capt. J. Poole.	At Sea, bound Suez Canal from Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. The four apprentices (l to r): Andy Dunne, Tony “Clem” Clements (with ship’s cat), Steve Dallaghan and Jimmy Coady.	At Sea, bound Suez Canal from Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. Ship’s cat.	At Sea, bound Suez Canal from Geraldton, Western Australia, April 1959. (l to r): Paddy Kinsella and Paddy Crane.