ulster canal
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seems like it may get re-opened…
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/features/2004/0825/2153826372HMADWATERWAY.htmlunfortunately what this article doesnt say is that the N2 runs over a good 120 yards of it in Monaghan town…. 😉
for anyone that passes through, the stretch between the shopping centre and Old Cross Square is over the canal – just opposite the entrance to the carparks on the mall road side of the n2 (northbound), you can see a gap in the fence to a weed filled ditch, thats the canal 😉Some nice buildings along it though
Lock 22, Keeper’s Cottage
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/monaghan/smithborough/lock_keepers_cottage.htmlCanal Stores, Monaghan
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That sounds like typical NRA planning, hmmm heritage where is the cement mixer?
120 metres of canal covered in concrete, surely some other option must have been cheaper and less destructive.
I am not advocating reopening the entire Ulster Canal but 2-3 kms either side of Monaghan as an urban renewal project to create municipal amenity would have been great for the people living in the town.
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Unfortunately, the plan is to demolish all the built heritage remains in order to allow super cruisers. As what they are proposing is in effect a new canal, it is not the Ulster Canal and should not be built on the alignment of the original. Let the battle begin.
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the problem with leaving the ulster canal as a narrow waterway is that it will prevent interaction between the shannon and loch neagh. I don’t think the bridges or viaducts will have to go. the locks can be bypassed. the real shame is the water supply. could a winmill or ram pump not be set up to pump from the blackwater–natural energy?
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dick king wrote:the problem with leaving the ulster canal as a narrow waterway is that it will prevent interaction between the shannon and loch neagh. I don’t think the bridges or viaducts will have to go. the locks can be bypassed. the real shame is the water supply. could a windmill or ram pump not be set up to pump from the blackwater–natural energy? only 60% of the canal bed remains. If not used quickly it will disappear. there is no room for a ‘new’ bed along the route except around the existing locks. What is there should be used, particularly the middle of Monaghan town!
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