Date registered: November 30, -0001
Jan 28
Following on from their sell out shows last year “Fight Factory Pro Wrestling” returns to the Sean O’Casey Centre next Friday ( 2nd February) @ 7pm . An evening of hard hitting action suitable for all ages , the big news is that local talent Darren Kearney will compete on the show. He has already …
Jan 20
After the success of their first installment in August 2017 Shir Madness and Vixyn Von Trix present: The Wild Fox Cabaret An Evening of Burlesque and Cabaret Decadence Includes Complementary Glass of Wine at the interval Over 21s Doors 7.30pm Show 8pm Sharp Friday 26th January 2018 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-wild-fox-cabaret-26th-january-2018-tickets-41683245710
Jan 14
“It has been estimated that upwards of 100 persons in the city have been rendered desolate by the disaster” On the 14th December 1917 the SS Hare was torpedoed as traveled from Manchester to Dublin Port , with the loss of 12 lives. Just a fortnight later the SS Adela was similarly targeted as it …
Jan 07
December 2017 marked the centenary of U-boat attacks on two well known Dublin Port ships . Almost half of those who died when the SS Hare and SS Adela were torpedoed came from the Dublin Dockland communities. The tragedies were marked by a number of events, commemorated by the Adela- Hare Centenary Commemoration Committee. This …
Dec 27
During World War One German U-boat activity in Irish Coastal Waters led to the loss of hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives. Torpedo attacks intensified in 1917 and that year’s Christmas season would be a grim one many families. December saw the sinking of a Dublin Port ship, the SS Hare, on December 14th, …
Dec 26
The SS Adela was built in 1878 by Henry Murray and Co. at their Glasgow yard. The steamer was almost two hundred feet long with a gross tonnage weight of 685. Built for Robert Tedcastle, the Vessel was intended for the cross-channel passenger and cargo trade. Constructed with the most modern innovations for the handling …
Dec 13
The SS Hare set sail from Manchester to make the journey to Dublin on the evening of Thursday 13th December 1917. It was a familiar route for the steamer, one it had regularly travelled over the previous two decades, with many of the crew being old hands onboard. She was carrying a general cargo of …
Dec 10
The SS Hare was a steamship built in 1886 at Barclay Curle & Co. shipyard in Glasgow for G&J Burns Ltd. In 1899 ownership was transferred to George Lowen of Manchester. In partnership with Dublin business man D.J. Stewart, Lowen had established The Dublin & Manchester Steamship Company In 1897. Stewart was also the owner of the …
