On this day (3rd March) in 1933 the Irish Times advertised the sale of assets from the Blacksod Whaling Station in County Mayo. This followed the dissolution of the company in November 1932, reputed to have been funded by Norwegian bankers. A wonderful black and white film by Robert Paul (available on video from the
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On this day (3rd March) in 1933 the Irish Times advertised the sale of assets from the Blacksod Whaling Station in County Mayo. This followed the dissolution of the company in November 1932, reputed to have been funded by Norwegian bankers. A wonderful black and white film by Robert Paul (available on video from the
Mícheál Cottrell who’ll be better known by his inshore reports during the summer/autumn from his RIB trips with Baltimore Sea Safaris, reports on another exceptionally large feeding aggregation of cetaceans. This time it’s common dolphins off the Kinsale Gas Fields area, Co. Cork on Fri. 11th Feb from a commercial fishing boat. Mícheál reports….” On
Mícheál Cottrell who’ll be better known by his inshore reports during the summer/autumn from his RIB trips with Baltimore Sea Safaris, reports on another exceptionally large feeding aggregation of cetaceans. This time it’s common dolphins off the Kinsale Gas Fields area, Co. Cork on Fri. 11th Feb from a commercial fishing boat. Mícheál reports….” On
Report II, 10th Feb During a 2 hour watch from Red Head, near Dunmore East County Waterford on Thurs 10th Feb., Gay Palmer (IWDG) observed 3 fin whales and sent in this report… “…The visibility was good and the sea calm although it began to get a bit choppy towards the end of the watch.
Report II, 10th Feb During a 2 hour watch from Red Head, near Dunmore East County Waterford on Thurs 10th Feb., Gay Palmer (IWDG) observed 3 fin whales and sent in this report… “…The visibility was good and the sea calm although it began to get a bit choppy towards the end of the watch.
IWDG have just received a report from the Irish Naval Service of an unprecedented feeding aggregation of killer whales Orcinus orca in our offshore Northwest waters, c30 miles off Tory Island. Lt. Cdr. Paddy Harkin, Captain of the L.E. Niamh has just returned to port after a three patrol of the North West coast and
IWDG have just received a report from the Irish Naval Service of an unprecedented feeding aggregation of killer whales Orcinus orca in our offshore Northwest waters, c30 miles off Tory Island. Lt. Cdr. Paddy Harkin, Captain of the L.E. Niamh has just returned to port after a three patrol of the North West coast and
The new Fáilte Ireland advert features a breaching Southern Right Whale – a species never recorded in Ireland ! Yes, this story may have a familiar ring to it, and that’s because this isn’t the first time Fáilte Ireland have used this footage (see link above). The sequence of a breaching whale which appears just
The new Fáilte Ireland advert features a breaching Southern Right Whale – a species never recorded in Ireland ! Yes, this story may have a familiar ring to it, and that’s because this isn’t the first time Fáilte Ireland have used this footage (see link above). The sequence of a breaching whale which appears just