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Includes content from Vanishing Ireland, Easter Dawn, Dublin Docklands, The Irish Pub, Maxol and many more, as well as Waterways Ireland, the Past Tracks project and hundreds of historical articles on Irish families, houses, companies and events.

The Ulster Canal

  Contents – Waterways Through Time   The Ulster Canal is Ireland’s third longest canal after the Royal and the Grand. Opened in 1841, it stretched for roughly 74km stretch – 46 miles if you prefer – to link Lough Erne to Lough Neagh, passing through Counties Armagh, Tyrone, Monaghan and Fermanagh. Half of it […]