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The
museum is housed in the former Mariners Church built in 1837, there are
some five hundred exhibits on display relating to the maritime history
of Ireland. From Co Kerry is a four oared Curragh, there are many models
including a Boyne coracle the S. S. Helga used by the Royal Navy to shell
rebel positions during the 1916 rising, and the S S Great Britain designed
by Isambard Kingdom Brunell in 1859 and used to lay the first Atlantic
telephone cable in the 1860's.
The National Maritime Museum
Haigh Terrace
Dun Laoghaire
Co Dublin
Tel: +353 1 280 0969)
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Also
on display is a captured longboat from the French frigate Resolute,
which was involved in the abortive 1796 expedition to Bantry Bay,
which Wolfe Tone arranged
with the French Directory.
The National Maritime Museum
is closed for renovations and will remain so throughout 2007
Go to Museums in Dublin.
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