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Irish Spruce and the Irish Oak


	IRISH SPRUCE 1942-49.	IRISH SPRUCE(2)1957-72.	IRISH OAK 1941-3.	IRISH OAK(2) 1949-67.	IRISH OAK(3)1973-84.


1964	1968	1964		CREW OF THE IRISH SPRUCE ON THEIR WAY HOME AFTER SHE RAN AGROUND IN 1972.	1963

1974

1980 (ANTO MURPHY)

JIMMY TALLON ON THE IRISH OAK 1975 WITH L-R:
FRANK STACK, JIMMY WILLIS, DERMOT REILLY, AND TOM HANDLEY.

DUBLIN 1964

Fancy dress party Irish Oak 1980.

photo Erc Kealy

Brian Lattimore 1974

Looking for Paddy Orange from Portarlington

Tony Valente -- 2nd.March 2008

"I sailed as Ordinary Seaman on the IRISH SPRUCE in 1963/64 I think they were the years.
We joined the ship in Aberdeen Scotland and sailed to
Dublin then to Le Harve in France, Amsterdam, Bilbao then to Lake Charles
Louisiana then to Conarky West Guinea . Where Paddy Orange got sick he was taken to the local hospital. I visited him a couple of times before we sailed to
South America. I think they flew him home some time later. I visited him
when I got home a year or so later. I was wondering how he is today.

Tony Valente
Florida USA

2nd.March 2008

I sailed on the IRISH OAK I think it was early 1963, we went up the Great Lakes, I enjoyed this trip the best lots of overtime.
We picked up the new Diesel Trains for CIE. They had five of the engines as deck cargo, when we were sailing through Lake Superior we hit a bad winter storm the seas were
breaking on the deck and freezing in the cargo the crew spent the night breaking the ice off the riggings and engines. Very exciting".

Tony Valente
Florida USA

2nd.March 2008

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