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Sailing Vessels of Annagassan and Dunany in the County LouthAuthor(s): Michael CoyleSource: Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 19, No. 4(1980), p. 264Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27729501 .

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Sailing Vessels of

Annagassan and Dunany

in the County Louth

By Michael Coyle

The locally-owned sailing vessels listed hereunder operated from the ports of Annagassan and Dunany, certainly in the years for which records are available, i.e. between 1851 and 1928.

They were mostly employed in the coal trade.

While inward cargoes such as Indian corn, fertiliser, slates, cement, etc were occasionally

carried, it was mainly as colliers that the vessels were employed. Coal cargoes were regularly

brought to Annagassan and Dunany from various U.K. ports extending as far north as Ayr in

Scotland and south as Swansea in Wales. Outward cargoes, when available, were largely round

timber.

Prior to 1851, in fact from quite early in the century, sailing vessels, some of which were

probably also owned locally, are known to have traded, certainly to the port of Annagassan.

Indeed, there is evidence to suggest that possibly coal was being imported at Annagassan even as

far back as the late 18th century. An old lease map of the mill, which was established in 1770, shows a 'coal quay' alongside the tail-race at the rear or seaward side of the mill. The old quay

wall can still be seen. Of the earlier vessels, alas, no trace of them can be found today because

records for the period would appear to be non-existent.

The days of sail finally came to an end in the locality when the last of the great little ships, the

Annagassan-owned schooner, "Lucie", was lost. Driven ashore by a WNW wind, she was

wrecked on the rocks of Ringfad Point in Killough Bay, Co Down in July, 1928. Fortunately, no

lives were lost in her tragic end.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am indebted to the following, for permission to use the sources mentioned below and to

quote from them:?

The Deputy Keeper, Public Record Office, Dublin; The Director, The National Library, Dublin; Mr. Allan B. Swan of Ravensdale, Dundalk, and

The Old Dundalk Society.

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Name of vessel

Official No.

Rig Reg. tons

Port of

registry

Code

signal

Amelia

Ann

Ann

Blue Bell

Bulla

Cocker

Crystal Spring

Cumberland

Experiment

Flying Arrow

Fruiterer Gazelle

Guess

Hope

Jane and Sally Johannes

Jubilee

Lucie

Margaret and Ann

Mary and Ann

Northern Light

Sophia

Twilight

Useful

Wyre

18168

17019

45686

68755

12027

62766

9378

9284

42099

24206

12066

12078

9232

19446

76254

16812

1467

18689

17204

Leith in 1844

Jersey in 1873

Workington in 1843

Tarlton in 1870

Maryport in 1856

Ulverton in 1802

Hillsboro, N.S., 1854

Burscough Bge. 1852

Maryport in 1840

Freckleton in 1857 Nantes in 1873 Preston in 1842 Hoole in 1805

Tarlton in 1857

Fleetwood in 1885

Schooner

Probably schooner Schooner

Probably schooner Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Ketch Schooner

Brigantine

Brigantine

Smack Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Schooner

Probably schooner

Probably schooner

Probably schooner Schooner

44

54-67

81

78

80

54

54

61

57

103

62 51

62

60

20 48

60

70

57

43

70

63-79

Dundalk in 1861

Dundalk in 1854

Dundalk in 1869

Jersey

Whitehaven

Preston

Drogheda

Dundalk in 1862

Drogheda

Dundalk in 1861

Dundalk in 1868

Dundalk in 1859

Dundalk in 1847 Preston

Dundalk in 1881

Dundalk in 1860

Dundalk in 1890

Dundalk

MDVN

MCJB

KWCR

KHCF

KGQV

THKN

KWGJ

KGML

MDBS

SOURCES 1 Shipping records (1863-1913 and 1922-8) in the Public Record Office, Dublin. 2 Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory (1871-1928) in the National Library, Dublin. 3 Allan B. Swan, "Harbour and Shipping Research Project", (vessels using Dundalk port

? mostl;

second half of the nineteenth century); typescript in Louth County Library, Dundalk.

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Reg. tons

Port of

registry

Code

signal

Owner

44

54-67

81

78

80

54

54

61

57

103

62 51

62

60

20 48

60

70

57

43

70

63-79

Dundalk in 1861

Dundalk in 1854

Dundalk in 1869

Jersey

Preston

Drogheda

Dundalk in 1862

Drogheda

Dundalk in 1861

Dundalk in 1868

Dundalk in 1859

Dundalk in 1847 Preston

Dundalk in 1881

Dundalk in 1860

Dundalk in 1890

Dundalk

MDVN

MCJB

KWCR

KHCF

KGQV

THKN

KWGJ

KGML

MDBS

Patk. John Hoey, Annagassan (1864-75)

Thos. Clinton, Annagassan (1861)

Patk. Brennan, solicitor, Dromin, Dunleer (1866-75); Thos. Clinton, Annagassan (1871-5) Thos. Clinton, Annagassan (1869-70)

John P. King (1883-8); Charles D. King (1889); both of Annagassan Mills. Edward Jones, Dunany (1874-6 and 1882); Peter Hanratty, Annagassan (1877-81) John Hoey, Annagassan (1890-1904)

Patrick Hanratty, Adamstown, Annagassan (1888-91)

Peter Hanratty, senr., Annagassan (1866-7); John Dougherty, Annagassan Mills (1867-73) Edward Jones, Dunany (1880-85)

Edward Jones, Dunany (1856) John Dougherty (1863-81); John P. King (1882-8); Charles D. King (1889-99). All of Annagassan Mills. Patk. Brennan, solicitor, Dromin, Dunleer (1869-70); Patk. John Hoey, Lynns, Annagassan (1871-83) Patk. J. Hoey, Annagassan (1863-6)

Peter Hanratty, Annagassan (1851) Patrick Brennan, solicitor, Dromin, Dunleer (1863)

John Hoey, Annagassan (1884-1914)

John P. King (1881-8); Chas. D. King (1889-1928); both of Annagassan Mills. John Dougherty (1863-76); John P. King (1876-84); reps, of John P. King (1885-8); all of Annagassan Mills. John Heaney, Port, Dunany (1873-84)

Charles D. King, Annagassan Mills (1893-1917)

Thomas Clinton, Annagassan

Edward Jones, Dunany

Edward Jones, Dunany

John Hoey, Annagassan (1878-1917)

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3

1, 2,3 1,3

2, 3

2,3 2, 3

1,2,3

1,2,3 2,3

3

1, 2, 3

1,2, 3

1,3

3

1,2,3

2,3

1,2,3

1, 2,3 1,2,3

1, 2, 3

3

3

3

2, 3

SOURCES records (1863-1913 and 1922-8) in the Public Record Office, Dublin. r Navy List and Maritime Directory (1871-1928) in the National Library, Dublin. 5wan, "Harbour and Shipping Research Project", (vessels using Dundalk port? mostly during the tlf of the nineteenth century); typescript in Louth County Library, Dundalk.

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