William Murphy

LAGANSIDE ART TRAIL LOCATION OF 17th CENTURY TOWN DITCH AND GATE

January 26, 2023 by infomatique

DUNBAR STREET BELFAST

These photographs from 2016 were not published until now as I was trying to find the background story but as I have failed to find any relevant information I decided to go ahead and process them.

One problem that I have when I visit Belfast is that it is often very difficult to find any information relating to items that I photograph. These bollards or whatever feature a plaque indicating that they are located on the Laganside Art Trail and that they mark to location of the 17th century town ditch and gate. Unfortunately I cannot find any information relating to the 17th century town ditch and gate and I cannot determine what the bollards [or sculptures] represent … some do appear to be representations of coins.

FORMBY-CONNINGBEG MEMORIAL ON THE QUAYS IN WATERFORD

January 20, 2023 by infomatique

PHOTOGRAPHED IN MAY 2016

The Formby-Conningbeg Memorial: Honours the memory of those lost when two Waterford steamers SS Conningbeg and SS Formby were torpedoed in December 1917.

These vessels were sister ships, both homeward bound to Waterford from Liverpool in December 1917. They were torpedoed by the same U Boat within days of each other, with a total loss of 83 lives.

I photographed this sculpture back in August 2016 and reprocessed them in January 2023. I had planned to visit Waterford again in 2023 but I am unwilling to pay the prices that the hotels are currently charging. I also had to cancel the 2022 visit.

GREYSTONES HARBOUR ON A WET AND WINDY DAY

January 11, 2023 by infomatique

AS IT WAS 15th APRIL 2016

Greystones Harbour Marina opened 2013 with just 100 berths and has grown rapidly to 200+ berths.

The harbour has beaches on either side with stunning views across Bray Head to the north, the Sugarloaf and Wicklow Mountains to the West and on a clear day when looking across the Irish Sea to the east, the west coast of Wales can be spotted.

Hailed as one of Ireland’s most challenging civil engineering contracts, a £300 million marina and housing development at Greystones in County Wicklow is revitalising the town’s Victorian harbour which had fallen into disrepair. The PPP Greystones Marina project was delivered by Sispar, a joint venture between John Sisk & Sons and Park Developments, and comprised of a new harbour, construction of a marina, commercial units, luxury apartments and a new coastguard station along with significant reclamation and coastal protection works.

GREYSTONES HARBOUR ON A WET AND WINDY DAY