The Barrow, Dublin, Kildare & Slaney Branches of the IWAI are hosting a Small Boat Rally to Pollardstown Fen on Sunday 11th April. The boats will leave the Hangsmans at 11am.

Robertstown Holiday Village is available for your overflow guests or as they suggested you might want to stay when completing the winter maintenance on board.

The Irish Waterways History site has a piece on Tralee see IWH Tralee Ship Canal and its route to Blennerville. There’s a barge moored at the quay. Also covered is Kilbaha and Loop Head at IWH Nimmo's Harbour

‘Working together better for the Shannon 2010 Conference’ from the Heritage Council is scheduled for the end of April. See HC Shannon Conference 2010

Freight Barges of different eras are featured here Barge Association Photos for March

Brian Goggin writes “It’s a long way from Trinity College, Dublin to the pier at Saleen on Ballylongford Creek, on the south side of the Shannon Estuary. But the college owned large amounts of land in the area, including bogs, and turf was one of the cargoes exported from Ballylongford. There was a battery on Carrig Island at the mouth of the creek and a Coast Guard Station at Saleen Pier, which was built by the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Shannon.” Read more about Saleen here. IWH Saleen Pier

The Grand Canal Theatre is now open and a preliminary schedule of events for the IWAI Dublin Rally 2010 has been published.

The new tour boat Cadhla has been launched in Dublin on the Grand Canal.