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| wirralandy |
fishing in castletownbereThis is a picture of the bay just round the corner from castletownbere were we fished for dabs last year,the sandy beach ran right down to form a nice sandy bottom under the boat,the other picture shows my first thorn back ray from the harbour at castletownbere
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| Tidal_wear |
Nice ray andy,is that one of your mates dubbed you "Minty"? 
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| fish |
looks a bit choppy for me!
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| wirralandy |
Ye the lads i was fishing with decided it was an appropriate nickname but luckily it hasn't stuck.We are doing a couple of days back there in august and then a days fishing over the wreck of the lusitania which will be a bit eery. |
| Tidal_wear |
Sounds like a good trip,I love boats............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G71DsJPWbrw |
| fish |
the lusitania ,am i right in saying it was the germans sinking that that braught the yanks into the war? full of kids being evacuated to the us i think. |
| wirralandy |
ye thats the one fish |
| fish |
found some info on her:
RMS Lusitania was a British luxury ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Company and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. Christened and launched on Thursday, June 7, 1906. Lusitania met a disastrous end as a casualty of the First World War when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915. Carrying many American passengers, the great ship sank in just 18 minutes, eight miles (15 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,198 of the people aboard. The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany. It is often considered by historians to be the second most famous civilian passenger liner disaster after the sinking of the Titanic. And theres treasure onboard!!!!The Irish Government in 1995 declared the wreck a heritage site under the National Monuments Act. This protects the wreck for 100 years. One reason for this is attributed to the presumed presence of art treasures in lead containers located in the hold believed to have been carried by Sir Hugh Lane. the Rubens rumoured to be on board, will remain in the ownership of the Irish Government.  
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