Worth Mentioning that there should be a huge crowd of relatives at this,as the most common name in the Bantry area is Patrick O Sullivan...
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Apologies for the quality,here she is at anchor off bere island(not far from Fort Berehaven). One of the peacocks was there in company with her for security I assume,as well as a number of ferries and other vessels. Also in Castletownbere was a french Fisheries Protection vessel,"Sterne"Attached Files
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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It was all kept very quiet until RTE got hold of it.my apologies for being unable to post any photos but my scanner went up in a puf of smoke recently and have been meaning to replace it for some time.......On the subject what hapened to all the photos that Cosantoir took during the last PSO are we ever going to see them in print?Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Later this month,docking at Cobh's Deepwater Quay on Monday Sept 29th, will be the USS Underwood FFG36
October 20, 1999 off Alexandria, Egypt
While entering the port of Alexandria, Egypt, UNDERWOOD ran aground about 4 p.m. The ship remained aground for approximately five hours until tugs pulled it free. Both its commanding officer and executive officer were disciplined. Damage was estimated $548,000.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Peace group to picket US warship
Peace group to picket US warship
Aoife Finneran
The Irish Independent
19-May-2004
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PROTESTERS will today picket the East Link Bridge as a demonstration against the docking of a US warship in Dublin port. The event is being organised as a message to the Government that they must demand the immediate removal of the ship from Irish waters.
Richard Boyd Barret, of the Irish Anti-War Movement, stressed that the organisation would be conducting a peaceful protest, without obstruction to traffic.
"We're asking passing motorists to honk their car horns in support," he said.
The demonstration is due to begin at 6pm.
The USS La Salle, the flagship of the US Navy Sixth Fleet, docked at Alexandra Basin yesterday on a goodwill visit, having previously served off the coast of Liberia and in the Persian Gulf.
Its arrival has been criticised by the Irish Anti-War Movement, who described it as "a PR exercise by the US government in advance of President Bush's visit in June".
The IAWM maintains that Ireland has become a major supporter of America's Iraqi operations, by allowing US soldiers to land at Shannon airport.
It urged the public to join its demonstration in protest against "horrific revelations about the practice of torture which has been inflicted on Iraqi prisoners".
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