What is it??

This is my handsome dog "Sammy". The round object on front of him is made from aluminium and washed ashore on the west coast of Ireland. Its not waterproof and that piece of string was attached. Anyone have any ideas what it is used for?

Blue Shark

A blue shark that came up in the net dead. They are not eaten inthis part of the world. I ate one some once, the taste could be described as "metallic".

Rachel Jay

The "Rachel Jay" in Howth on passage back to her home port of kinsale.

Willie Joe

The "Willie Joe" basks in the dawn sun.

Sainte Catherine Laboure

New addition to the Irish fishing fleet getting her registration numbers and home port painted on.

Christmas Lights

Christmas lights on the wheelhouse of the "Rose of Sharon" add nice color to the dark nights.

The "Bridget Carmel" with its fishing gear raised up to aid repairs. The very efficient nets have a chain mat on its belly which is designed to take high value flat sea bed dwelling fish out of their homes and into the net. Is it efficient? Yes it is, the downside of this efficiency at catching fish is the inefficiency of towing this type of gear. its very heavy and results in high fuels consumption. It can be several thousand Euros a day depending on the size of the gear.

Happy New Year

 

Happy New Year, I hope 2015 is a great year for you.

Celtic Warrior

Celtic Warrior II heading out to continue fishing in the Irish Sea.

Brenda the Barometer.

The barometer plummeted today while I was at work, windy weather on the way as a storm sweeps in off the Atlantic.

Carraig Chuin

"Carraig Chuin" on a stopover in Howth.

All the way from Canada!

These were found washed up on the west coast of Ireland. After sending a mail to the Fisheries Dept in Newfoundland they confirmed that they were identification tags used by fishermen over there to identify there lobster traps.
The colours identify different years and the numbers are allocated to different fishermen. I am awaiting more details to try and locate the owners.

Ocean Wave

The "Ocean wave" fishing pots for Whelks out of Arklow, Co Wicklow. It sone of the first boats I was ever as a little boy over 30 years ago. It makes me happy that she is still on the go today.

Hello, sorry I have not being here in a while, I have been busy and away from usual routine the last while. I will try to post more frequently. I would like thank viewers of this page from all over the world.

All Tied Up

Boats all tied up on Howth.