Kilbeggan Challenge: Irish whiskey travels again by canal for the first time in over half a century. Two specially selected nine year old single malt whiskey casks were moved by canal from Locke's Distillery in Kilbeggan to the Grand Canal at Ballycommon on Saturday 29th August. The event was organised to mark the 50th anniversary [...]
Grand Canal and Agricultural links to be celebrated during this years Ploughing Championships in Athy. The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI) is delighted to announce its involvement at the Ploughing Championships this year. Given the historical significance of the role that the Grand Canal played in the development of the farming hinterlands that it [...]
Offaly IWAI Float to the Fleadh 2009 launched by RTE Broadcaster The Offaly Branch of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland Float to the Fleadh 2009 was launched on Monday night in Tullamore by well known RTE Broadcaster Paddy O Gorman. Paddy and guests were welcomed on Board the “Saoirse ar an Uisce” Barge [...]
In recognising the important contribution of boating to the Leitrim economy Leitrim County Council (LCC) have become corporate members of the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland (IWAI). Speaking at the presentation ceremony in the Bush hotel in Carrick On Shannon on Saturday 13th September Mr. Joseph Gilhooly, Director of Services LCC praised the work of [...]
The President of IWAI Brian Cassells warmly welcomed the announcement that restoration work is to begin on the Ulster Canal. He said: "Our association has campaigned for this project for many years now, not just because it will provide new destinations for boaters and new amenities for waterways enthusiasts and the local population but because [...]
The Inland Waterways Association of Ireland is pleased to announce the formation of two new Branches in the Association. The Boyne Navigation Branch has been borne out of the Boyne Navigation Restoration Group who were, a sub-committee set up by the Dublin Branch of IWAI in the 1990s to continue the work of the original [...]
The President of IWAI Brian Cassells today warmly welcomed the announcement last Saturday night by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern of plans to restore and re-open the Ulster Canal. He said: "On behalf of the members of our association, and inland waterways enthusiasts everywhere, I would like to thank the Taoiseach for his commitment to the [...]
The President of IWAI Brian Cassells welcomed the launch yesterday of the Socio-Economic Study of the Ulster Canal in the Long Gallery at Stormont. The study was prepared for the Blackwater Regional Partnership by PriceWaterhouseCoopers in association with Tourism Development International. Mr. Cassells said that the study clearly showed that the costs of restoring the [...]
The President of IWAI, Brian Cassells today called for a commitment by the two governments north and south to begin restoration work on the Ulster Canal. Waterways Ireland had commissioned feasibility and socio-economic studies into the re-opening of the canal from Lough Erne to Clones at the western end and from Lough Neagh to Blackwatertown [...]
