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Dublin City Council is seeking tenders from commercial operators to take over the replica famine ship Jeanie Johnston on a five-year contract. The three-masted barque Jeanie Johnston was launched in May 2000 as a Millennium project to commemorate 150 years…

Dun Laoghaire welcomed the Dutch Barquentine Thalassa on Monday evening (July 1), adding to the stunning presence of tall ships in the Dublin Bay harbour this week. The Thalassa's arrival is part of its 2024 whiskey cruise programme, offering a…

Sail Training Ireland received €50,000 from the Dormant Accounts Fund last year to enable young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to participate in voyages. Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development Joe O’Brien cited the grant as…

The 'largest sailing ship in the world' and probably one of the largest ships to anchor in Belfast Lough at 138 metres in length arrived in the Norhern Ireland port on Tuesday, (June 18th). She is the youngest of the…

Here’s a chance for teenagers in Cork with an interest in life at sea to give it a go on board and experience a replica of a 19th-century sailing tall ship. As CorkBeo writes, the youth sailing charity Sail Training…

The Atlantic Youth Trust is recruiting for an executive administrator to manage and optimise its day-to-day management and fundraising efforts. The trust is a North–South youth development and cultural integration charity established in 2013 to connect youth with the ocean…

Making an impressive sight in Dublin Bay this morning is the world's oldest and most authentic fully-rigged ship still in active service, the Norwegian-flagged Sørlandet, writes Jehan Ashmore. Sørlandet with several sails set aloft approached Scotsman’s Bay, where it anchored…

Businessman and sailor Enda O’Coineen is spearheading a 14 million euro project to build a replica of adventurer Ernest Shackleton’s most famous ship, Endurance. As The Sunday Independent reports, details of an “Endurance II” construction will be outlined at events…

Celebrations are planned for Dublin and London for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton on Thursday (15 February). Born in Co Kildare, Shackleton led three expeditions to the icy regions of the South Pole,…

Trainees recognised for their exceptional contributions to Sail Training Ireland's Tall Ships voyages in 2023 were honoured at the Annual Awards Ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin. The award ceremony, held on February 3rd, 2024, was hosted by the…

Marine Industry News reports that the Jubilee Sailing Trust (Tenacious) Ltd has closed and its assets, including the tall ship Tenacious, will pass into receivership. It follows the auction earlier this year of the JST’s former flagship tall ship Lord…

Sail Training Ireland will hold its 2024 Annual Award Ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin on Saturday 3 February. Many of the young people that took part in voyages on tall ships and other sail training vessels in 2023…

Sail Training Ireland has added to its 2024 tall ship voyages now available to book on its website, following last month’s openings for Transition Year/Gaisce adventures on the seas. Become a trainee crew member on board the tall ship Maybe…

Transition Year/Gaisce tall ship voyages for 14- to 17-year-olds in 2024 are now open for booking with Sail Training Ireland. Become a trainee crew member on board a tall ship and have an adventure to remember next Easter, sailing with…

Tom Harding was legendary amongst the Tall Ships fraternity. Bosun on the Asgard and on the Jeanie Johnston, Tom was a man who revelled in being a seafarer, a sailor, whose pride in the craft of seamanship was immense. His…

The life story of Sean Flood, who has died at the age of 91, is in many ways the story of modern Ireland as seen through a sailing and business lens. From a family of traditionally and strongly patriotic outlook,…