Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789-1992
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Beginning with her log of the last journey through the canal in 1955, the book traces the intriguing story of how one of Ireland’s principal waterways, the Royal Canal, came into being; of the problems associated with its construction, chronicling its rivalry with the Grand Canal, and its active working years from 1818 to 1845 – a troubled period of Irish history.
The onset of the railway era and the Midland Great Western Railway take-over hastened the inevitable decline of trading on the canal, and rapid deterioration at the turn of the century led to its eventual closure. This might have been the end but for the campaign begun in 1974 for the canal’s restoration, in which the Office of Public Works, the author, Ian Bath, Eddie Slane and others played their part.
This is no dry rehearsal of facts and figures: Ruth Delany conveys a vivid sense of business life and a series of fascinating vignettes of social and economic hardship in pre-Famine Ireland. She tells too of the individuals behind the canal – those who planned, constructed and administered it, others whose lives it affected, and finally those whose vision and energy saved a unique part of the country’s heritage for the benefit of future generations.
Additional information
Weight | .7 kg |
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Dimensions | 24 × 16 × 2 cm |
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Year | 1992 |