Tall Ship Sailing News in Ireland. Events from Around the Country
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Dublin City Council Seeks Tenders for Commercial Concession to Operate and Maintain Famine Ship Jeanie Johnson
4th July 2024 Tall Ships
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…
![The Dutch barquentine Thalassa arrive in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay The Dutch barquentine Thalassa arrive in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000E0n.m5VDQlI/s/848/I0000E0n.m5VDQlI.jpg)
Dutch Tall Ship Thalassa Arrives in Dun Laoghaire Harbour During Coastival Festival
1st July 2024 Tall Ships
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…
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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…
![A three-mast full-rigged ship with traditional rigging Sea Cloud Spirit is cruising on the Irish East coast visiting Belfast and Dublin A three-mast full-rigged ship with traditional rigging Sea Cloud Spirit is cruising on the Irish East coast visiting Belfast and Dublin](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Tfyp2Cqfe2s/s/848/I0000Tfyp2Cqfe2s.jpg)
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…
![Trainee tall ship: An amazing opportunity for young sailing enthusiasts is to take place on board the schooner Spirit of Falmouth with ‘training voyages’ based out of Cork Harbour. In addition, there will be a second similar voyage for adults. Both voyages take place in July. Trainee tall ship: An amazing opportunity for young sailing enthusiasts is to take place on board the schooner Spirit of Falmouth with ‘training voyages’ based out of Cork Harbour. In addition, there will be a second similar voyage for adults. Both voyages take place in July.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000KF0zl57kfmU/s/848/I0000KF0zl57kfmU.jpg)
Training Voyages for Young Cork People to Spend a Week Sailing 'Pirate Ship' this Summer
24th May 2024 Tall Ships
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…
![Atlantic Youth Trust logo Atlantic Youth Trust logo](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000FMzsmLbWdrU/s/500/I0000FMzsmLbWdrU.jpg)
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…
![A sight to behold, the Sørlandet, which arrived in Dublin Bay this morning and took anchorage in Scotsman’s Bay, Dun Laoghaire Harbour A sight to behold, the Sørlandet, which arrived in Dublin Bay this morning and took anchorage in Scotsman’s Bay, Dun Laoghaire Harbour, having sailed from the Azores.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000cB_5T96FEKI/s/767/I0000cB_5T96FEKI.jpg)
World's Oldest Fully-Rigged Tall Ship Arrives on Dublin Bay to Anchor off Dun Laoghaire Harbour
11th April 2024 Dublin Bay
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 Businessman and sailor Enda O’Coineen](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jtoIDHxiYuU/s767/I0000jtoIDHxiYuU.jpg)
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…
![A studio portrait of Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton A studio portrait of Irish polar explorer Ernest Shackleton](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000jM6nlMcPk0U/s/500/I0000jM6nlMcPk0U.jpg)
Call for Government to Purchase Medal Awarded to Ernest Shackleton Ahead of Events to Mark 150th Anniversary of Explorer’s Birth
10th February 2024 News Update
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,…
![Winner of the Tall Ships Voyages Awards Nominating Organisation of the Year: Gorey Youth Needs, represented by Kate Murphy pictured MC Brian Turvey, Commander Brian Matthews, ST Irl Chairman Robert Barker, and Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithi de Roiste Winner of the Tall Ships Voyages Awards Nominating Organisation of the Year: Gorey Youth Needs, represented by Kate Murphy pictured MC Brian Turvey, Commander Brian Matthews, ST Irl Chairman Robert Barker, and Lord Mayor of Dublin Daithi de Roiste](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NEgVM7hQvoU/s/767/I0000NEgVM7hQvoU.jpg)
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…
![The tall ship Tenacious pictured in 2010 in the eastern Mediterranean The tall ship Tenacious pictured in 2010 in the eastern Mediterranean](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005xafB9XO0nk/s/500/I00005xafB9XO0nk.jpg)
Tall Ship Tenacious Goes Into Receivership as Jubilee Sailing Trust Faces Review
16th December 2023 Tall Ships
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…
![Some of the 40 young Irish trainees who received their certificates of completion of the Sail Training Ireland Asgard Armada Voyage 2022 at a special awards ceremony in Dublin’s Docklands Some of the 40 young Irish trainees who received their certificates of completion of the Sail Training Ireland Asgard Armada Voyage 2022 at a special awards ceremony in Dublin’s Docklands](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000x3d9uAZFQYY/s/500/I0000x3d9uAZFQYY.jpg)
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…
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More Tall Ship Voyages in 2024 Available for Booking With Sail Training Ireland
28th November 2023 Tall Ships
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…
![Ten young trainees on the Brian Boru sailing out of Cork were some of the more than 500 who embarked on tall ship voyages with Sail Training Ireland in 2022 Ten young trainees on the Brian Boru sailing out of Cork were some of the more than 500 who embarked on tall ship voyages with Sail Training Ireland in 2022](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006ae6c_avSHE/s/500/I00006ae6c_avSHE.jpg)
Sail Training Ireland Now Taking Bookings for TY/Gaisce Tall Ship Voyages
23rd October 2023 Tall Ships
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 Tom Harding was legendary amongst the Tall Ships fraternity](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000r3soO6MTm2U/s/767/I0000r3soO6MTm2U.jpg)
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…
![Sean Flood at the helm of Otto Glaser’s McGruer 47 Tritsch-Tratsch II with The Needles astern in the early stages of the 1974 RORC Cowes-Cork Race. Also just visible astern are Denis Doyle’s blue S&S 47 Moonduster, and Clayton Love’s Swan 44 Assiduous – they were still astern at the finish. Line honours and overall winner was Eric Tabarly’s then-new 70ft ketch Pen Duick VI, while Tritsch-Tratsch II was in the frame, and top Irish boat Sean Flood at the helm of Otto Glaser’s McGruer 47 Tritsch-Tratsch II with The Needles astern in the early stages of the 1974 RORC Cowes-Cork Race. Also just visible astern are Denis Doyle’s blue S&S 47 Moonduster, and Clayton Love’s Swan 44 Assiduous – they were still astern at the finish. Line honours and overall winner was Eric Tabarly’s then-new 70ft ketch Pen Duick VI, while Tritsch-Tratsch II was in the frame, and top Irish boat](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Loiec3yzn9w/s/767/I0000Loiec3yzn9w.jpg)
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,…