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The ports of the Irish
and Celtic Seas along with their immediate hinterlands are a vast treasure
trove of maritime heritage. Whilst generations of ships and seafarers have
long passed on the buildings and other general infrastructure often remain
providing a tangible reminder of the past.
Some of these
remains are preserved, quite often as features of a dockside redevelopment
- though sometimes out of context, however, many more are quietly allowed
to decay. Therefore, it remains possible to search out and record many of
the links with our maritime past before they fall to the demolition
contractor or developer.
This Irish Sea Shipping
sub-site, you will not find many ships, unless they form part of a picture
- however you will still find much of maritime interest.
Maritime Heritage -
Irish and Celtic Seas aims to encourage visitors to look at more than the
ships the next time they visit a port and record architecture, signs,
quayside fittings - they may be there today - but will they still be there
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