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Displaying items by tag: Above PreCovid

28th October 2021

Traffic in Irish Ports Increases Above Pre-Pandemic Levels

The total number of vessels arriving in the seven main Irish ports, Bantry, Cork (above), Drogheda, Dublin, Rosslare, Shannon Foynes, and Waterford, increased by 347.

According to the Central Statistics Office, the amount of goods handled by Irish Ports in the second quarter of this year increased above pre-pandemic levels.

Figures also from the CSO show nearly 13m tonnes of goods were handled between April and June. This is an increase of 17.4% compared with the same period last year and an increase of 5.1% compared with the second quarter of 2019.

By tonnage, Dublin Port handled the largest amount of cargo of 6.3m tonnes followed by Shannon Foynes with 2.5m tonnes and Cork with 2.4m tonnes.

The figure for Cork is the largest over the past five years.

The Irish Examiner has more CSO statistics

Published in Irish Ports

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The Rankin Dinghy of Cobh, Cork Harbour

A Rankin is a traditional wooden dinghy which was built in Cobh, of which it’s believed there were 80 and of which The Rankin Dinghy Group has traced nearly half.

The name of the Rankin dinghies is revered in Cork Harbour and particularly in the harbourside town of Cobh.

And the name of one of those boats is linked to the gunboat which fought against the Irish Volunteers during the 1916 Easter Rising and later for the emergent Irish Free State Government against anti-Treaty Forces during the Irish Civil War.

It also links the renowned boat-building Rankin family in Cobh, one of whose members crewed on the gunboat.

Maurice Kidney and Conor English are driving the restoration of the Rankin dinghies in Cork Harbour. They have discovered that Rankins were bought and sailed in several parts of the country.