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. . What a catch! January 1964 photograph of fishermen Tommy Curran, Mikey Flannery and Paul Flannery with harmless miff netted off the Blasket Islands..

. . Last of Dingle's old sailing trawlers The old fishing fleet of sailing trawlers, once the pride of Dingle, is gone. The last of its numbers, the 'Boy Willie' was towed to the beach on Wednesday to be broken up by axe, after having successfully evaded the treacherous rocks as it fished the deep. The old trawlers at one time had a fleet of twenty and were introduced to Dingle Harbour in 1845. They were successors of the old spirit boats and could weather stormy seas. They were all sailing boats and had a speed of about nine knots an hour under favourable winds. Their tonnage was from 40 to 60 and they carved a draught of water of about nine feet. They had a crew of four. all of whom had to be well up in the art of sailing, as well as being good judges of the weather. The old salts believed it was a good test for any boat to 'make a tack' up Dingle Harbour to the moorings in the face of a stiff north-west breeze and with the tide or the ebb. The old trawlers at one time earned on average up to E20.(X) per week. This sum was divided into two parts. The owner got half and the remainder was divided among the crew. The scrapping of the last old trawler means the end of the ancient art of sailing in Dingle. Now the little nobby with its engine can go independent of the winds. Kerryman, Saturday, January 20th 1934..

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. . 44 _ Surprise as fishermen land an unlikely visitor have been a scene the movie •Jaws' — four to huge Porbeagle •ahicb became e nsnarcd nets fishlitg off t.'.sket.s during the concerned it • inytbing ing mm but s Potbeag"e is Close- to the Mako shark is to be danger- offKia1. Kevin ry. the Of this time extreme2y rare be. habitats are •nd they to Warmer winter. "The caught r BVNOel T.w;omey; quite fot its 'hd weighed around It was probably • On mackerel •t the: time'. It has larse teeth two-foot bite •nd eat mackerel. [t is unusual because although they are they stoubd dl.y«n Fr.te waters, • • hc said. He thkt thb might bc in time. by bein half way pe'ratures Eave around our coast due glo- warming and the •deple- tion or the ozone layer. "Ali this will more rare grcie•s from cli- mates to our and it could be.d co tivity and be t tourisnt_ Anglers ••«ogbd get a fair thrill •round AUantic by • large shark ti'e the ?orbeagle,•• he -h he whiéb•• esughi by •Sharvr,on• e red by: Michael lannery. to kets on the Continent shark meat is considered 'icacy. According to Mr the "quit bie" and one ot to eat. He that •t tho tirne of the meat will fetch a pound on market..

. . "ti•Dy area. the •ith thc s,ratcO Resolution skippeiMicb*l Hennessy. Sean Keevane. Michael Farrell and I)avid Stokes vith the sword fist caught ghile fish ing 60 miles north •est or the Blaskets..

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. . DEMERSAL F EN. SALTE Xhat a rare tropical fish: Phillip Corridon, Rickie Kane and John O'Connor with the Opah caught off The Blaskets. Pic: Aodhan O 'Conc,luu.

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. . 'ir, on the ground and at sea as winds batter coastline so•eoo zucKY TES Spanish crew had Co airlifted from an fishing vessel en Saturday as it •as smashed the roeb by roaring winds up to SOtnpb. Sine ot the teo were released tro«n Tralee Geoeral hospital yesterday morning. after being treated overnight for the etfeet» of hypothermia- beat. the Celestial was leaving the bar— bour in Co Kerry. uben it crashed into leaving bole in tb•e front of tbe boat tbeo to take water ac€ident at TO PIECES: The stricken vessel alter n c.r.stw•O Meanwhile Star or the Sea. ran into serious the the Ad-antie Frqay made begs barbour on Saturday the IS board humcnr.e •a.

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