HBA Away 2013 - Liverpool - 23 to 26 November. All going are now aboard. Will be back in touch (hopefully...).

Kilbeggan Community are organising a fundraising event this Saturday, Nov 24th. Details are available on this page.

Spring 2013 will see our association have a major event on the Royal Canal and plans are already in place for much of the areas to be visited. It will be a trip for canal enthusiasts to enjoy and hopefully a sight to behold as we make our way along the system. If you are an undecided participant then maybe the outline plan will help you decide. Details to date can be studied here (members only),=.

The latest edition of Towpath Talk has a nice article of interest with 4B featured, the article is on page 97 and the edition can be viewed here.

A new website of interest to those in the Dublin area has been launched. " Grand Canal Dublin" has a gallery of photographs with very good archive pictures from the Royal and Grand Canals going back a considerable number of years. The site can be found at http://grandcanaldublin.com/.

The River Rats story goes on and on and sales are standing at roughly €7000 at the moment. All in all we are in a great situation and that is the result of significant work by some people. So as it is now early November and there is an expectation of increased sales for the Christmas market, if you want some copies, do it sooner rather than later.

The latest in the series of Labour History on Irish waterways can be found under Snippets 8.