Author: Nicholas LeachPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445624230
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The history of the Irish lifeboats station by station
The Lifeboat Service in Ireland
Author: Nicholas LeachPublisher:
ISBN: 9780752435091
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Today the lifeboat service in Ireland is the responsibility of the RNLI, which currently operates more than forty lifeboat stations. This volume contains details of every one, providing information about each station's current lifeboat to an historical overview of each as well as descriptions of the most noteworthy rescues.
Author: Philip Mahony
Author: Nicholas Leach
Author: The RNLI
Author: Royal National Life-Boat Institution (Ireland)
Author: Nicholas Leach
Author: Nicholas LeachWaterford Harbour
Author: Andrew DohertyPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750995947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Waterford harbour has centuries of tradition based on its extensive fishery and maritime trade. Steeped in history, customs and an enviable spirit, it was there that Andrew Doherty was born and raised amongst a treasure chest of stories spun by the fishermen, sailors and their families. As an adult he began to research these accounts and, to his surprise, found many were based on fact. In this book, Doherty will take you on a fascinating journey along the harbour, introduce you to some of its most important sites and people, the area's history, and some of its most fantastic tales. Dreaded press gangs who raided whole communities for crew, the search for buried gold and a ship seized by pirates, the horror of a German bombing of the rural idyll during the Second World War – on every page of this incredible account you will learn something of the maritime community of Waterford Harbour.
HRH The Duke of Kent
Author: Celia LeePublisher: Seymour Books
ISBN: 1843963515
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC(P), first cousin to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, has devoted his life to the service of his country. Even before he served twenty-one years as a regular soldier in the British Army, he was introduced to this life of service by his widowed mother, HRH Princess Marina, The Duchess of Kent, during an extensive tour of the Far East at the time of his seventeenth birthday.His interest in modern technology, especially computing and engineering, in issues of health, fitness and social welfare, and in the development of the intellect, has seen him become the patron, president or active member of more than one hundred charities and social organisations. His military service, and deep interest in military history, sees him making a particularly important contribution to many military-related organisations - the chief of which must be the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.At the time of his eightieth birthday on October 9, 2015, Prince Edward remains one of the busiest members of the royal family. This book is offered as a tribute to his life of service, and to the myriad organisations, large and small, local, national and international, that make up the fabric of the United Kingdom in the twenty-first century.
