Sailing By: Celebrating 25 Years in Seascapes on RTE Radio 1: Celebrating 25 Years of RTE's 'Seascapes' - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1908308664 ISBN 13: 9781908308665

Casa editrice: Liffey Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Sailing By features a specially chosen selection of material broadcast on 'Seascapes', RTE Radio One's dedicated maritime programme. Originally developed and presented by Tom MacSweeney, who retired in 2009, the helm has passed on to Marcus Connaughton who now presents and produces the weekly programme. Contents include: * Sailor and explorer Paddy Barry's circumnavigation of the island of Ireland * W.M. Nixon on Ireland's sailing tradition * Pete Hogan on building his own boat and sailing it down the coast of California, through the Panama Canal and across the Atlantic to Ireland * Historian Dr Michael Martin on Ireland's emigrant and convict ship trail * The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, by Dick Robinson * Fishing and Harvesting the Sea with Jason Whooley, former Chief Executive of Bord Iascaigh Mhara * Gerald Butler, one of Ireland's last lightkeepers, on the tragic 1979 Fastnet yacht race * Trade unionist Francis Devine on Irish seafarers and trade union organisation * Former Flag Officer of the Naval Service, Commodore John Kavanagh, on Ireland's Naval and Merchant Marine Service * The sinking of the Lusitania, by Patrick O'Sullivan * Marcus Connaughton on Ireland's Maritime Heroes * Hugh Oram on the legendary John de Courcy Ireland

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Liffey Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1908308664
• ISBN 13: 9781908308665
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Redattore: Connaughton Marcus
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile