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13th May 2024

Talk: ‘Sinking of the Sailing Ship Tayleur, 1854’ at Rush Library This Thursday

Edward J. Bourke will give a talk on the 'Sinking of the Sailing Ship Tayleur, 1854' at Rush Library this Thursday, 16th May at 6.30 pm.

To attend the talk, booking is available through Fingal Libraries (see details below).

The sailing ship Tayleur, chartered by White Star Line, was wrecked at Lambay in 1854. The ship carried 580 emigrants and 70 crew bound for Australia at the time of the Kalgoorlie gold rush.

Some 400 people drowned in the disaster.

There were three inquiries that gave details of problems with compasses, tightness of ropes in the blocks, wide turning circle, inexperienced crew, anchor chains snapping, and failure to take soundings.

Altogether a sailing tragedy.

Booking is essential; contact Rush Library Tel (01) 870 8414 or via email: [email protected]

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Lecture: Dublin’s Own Titanic-The 'Tayleur'

In advance of this month's Heritage Week which includes a one-day maritime lecture's seminar on Sunday 28th August, another Dun Laoghaire based lecture is to take place next week.

The lecture on Dublin's Own Titanic: The Sinking of the 'Tayleur' off Lambay in 1854 will be presented by Declan Heffernan and is to be held on Tuesday, 9th August starting at 8pm / 20.00hrs. All are welcome. Contribution fee €3.

The venue and is the Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education on Cumberland Street where a lecture series programme is run by the Genealogical Society of Ireland (GSI). For further information on other forthcoming GSI lectures: www.familyhistory.ie/

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