Book Review
Sligo-based surf pioneer and three-time national champion Seamus McGoldrick has explored 6,000 years of local history for a book he has just published. Waking Maeve: an excavation of Sligo’s landscape, myth and history spans a period from “Stone Age tomb…
Colin Breen challenges the image of Ireland’s western seaboard as an isolated Gaelic world, revealing a medieval maritime society connected by trade, politics, religion and warfare across Ireland, Scotland and continental Europe. The development of the Wild Atlantic Way has…
Ice Milers and Cold Water Swimming Subject of Book By US Sports Journalist
26th September 2026 Sea Swim
When year-round sea swimming became a mass movement during Covid-19, among the many writers to explore the phenomenon was US sports journalist Chris Ballard. And Ballard took it further. Treatment for his athletic injuries led him to research the appeal…
Former Naval Service lieutenant commander Marie Gleeson has received the inaugural “Bean na Mara/Woman of the Sea” award for her outstanding contribution to the maritime community. The award which recognises “leadership, resilience and innovation” was presented to Gleeson in Galway…
50 Year Study of Coral Reefs Theme of Audiobook Version of Dr Peter Vine's Work
9th July 2026 Book Review
The complexity of the richest coral reefs on the planet is the theme of an audiobook version of marine scientist Dr Peter Vine’s authoritative work.Growth and Decay of Coral Reefs: 50 Years of Learning is a summary of how reefs…
Atlantic Oarswoman Karen Weekes Publishes Second Edition of Book On Her Extreme Adventure
6th June 2026 Book Review
Atlantic Ocean solo rower Dr.Karen Weekes has just published the second edition of her book on her voyage, after the success of her first run. The initial edition of Turbulent Waters–Coping in Extremes sold out in just six weeks. New Edition…
Weather, memory and the restless pull of the sea are themes of Time & Tide, a new book of poetry by West Cork writer Seamus Harrington. Author and poet Thomas McCarthy, poet Seamus Harrington and publisher Dominic Taylor at the…
A new book on Donegal’s Dunfanaghy currach has been published by artist and traditional boat expert Dónal Mac Polin. Named after a small village on Donegal’s Sheephaven Bay, the Dunfanaghy currach is Ireland’s oldest sea-going “skin boat”, as Mac Polin…
A fully revised second edition of Cape Horn and Antarctic Waters: A Cruising Guide has been released, offering updated information for adventurous sailors. Written by experienced bluewater cruisers Tom and Vicky Jackson, the guide provides expert insight into one of…
Atlantic Rower Dr Karen Weekes Publishes Book On Her Epic 80 Day Crossing
12th December 2025 Coastal Rowing
When Dr Karen Weekes reached Barbados in February 2022, she became the first Irish woman to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The Kinvara-based adventurer and sports psychologist had set out from Gran Canaria on December 6th, 2021, and spent…
Marine Scientists Maude Delap And Annie Massey Among Famous Irish Mariners In New Book
6th December 2025 Book Review
Marine scientists Maude Delap and Annie Massey, pirates Granuaile and Anne Bonny and polar explorers Francis Crozier and Robert McClure are among subjects of a new book on famous and infamous Irish mariners. Shipping owner Kate Tyrrell and naval leaders…
Captain Francisco de Cuéllar’s vivid account of his survival following the loss of three ships from the 1588 Spanish Armada in Streedagh Bay, Sligo, is the focus of a new book published by the National Monuments Service in partnership with…
Wavelengths: The Coast of Cork- A View From Above With Dennis Horgan
4th December 2025 Wavelength Podcast
A minke whale breaching off Cape Clear, a multihull yacht heading for the rock in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race, Shannon’s Rescue 115 helicopter training with Courtmacsherry lifeboat.. just some of the stunning images taken by aerial photographer Dennis Horgan for…
Renegade Gaffer Tom Cunliffe Returns To Traditional Roots For Caribbean Thriller Novel
1st December 2025 Book Review
Sailing-author Tom Cunliffe was for so long associated with traditional-style wooden-built gaff-rigged boats that he found it almost impossible to leap free from being President of the Old Gaffers Association. It was a position in which he was so totally…
Ireland's immense underwater riches are revealed in a new book by Nigel Motyer, an international award-winning underwater photographer who has been diving and photographing Irish seas since the 1980s and has an unmatched portfolio of Irish underwater imagery. His photography…
A new book 'Irish Merchant Ships and Shipowners' by Terry Conlan, outlines a history of 200 years of powered ships, from steam navigation to motor ships, and examines our mercantile marine to 2015. As part of a publicity tour, Conlan will…
