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M.V. Tipperary


Dublin 1970s 

Dublin 1983
 

THE MV TIPPERARY IN JAPAN 1979 
PHOTOS FROM JOHN IVORY
THE MV TIPPERARY WAS ORIGINALLY ORDERED BY P&O FROM A SHIPYARD IN JAPAN AS THE IBEX, BUT THEY CANCELLED THE ORDER AND THE B&I LINE THEN TOOK OVER THE ORDER AND NAMED HER THE TIPPERARY. THE FIRST PHOTO SHOWS A TEMPORARY NAME PAINTED OVER WHERE THE IBEX NAME HAD BEING ETCHED.
JOHN IVORY IN JAPAN WITH MICK MEEHAN AND MOTORMAN BRIAN 

JOHN IN MALAYSIA. 

     

Builders dock in Japan

ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE 1980 THE TIPPERARY ON TRAILS IN DUBLIN BAY 
Photos from Paddy Balmaine 
on the way home from Japan in 1979
   
  on the way home from Japan in 1979

Leo Mallon, Willie Stacy, Babs Murphy, M. O'Rourke

Frank Gilligan, Paddy Balmaine, Martin O'Rourke

Passing through the Suez Canal on the way home from Japan in 1979

Martin O'Rourke, Babs Murphy, Paddy Balmaine

Langton Dock Liverpool dock in the Summer of 1985.    
TIPPERARY CREW 1980s  
GOING FORWARD TO CLEAN ANCHORS 1981

MICK CAREY 86'

Paddy Balmaine bosun 1983

TOMMY KIRWIN, DENNIS SWEENY FISHING FOR MACKEREL 86'

   

TIPPERARY CREW 1984 D.REILLY, K.McKENNA,
B.HUTTON, L.BYRNE,
S.O'ROURKE,
P.MURPHY, N.REARON

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