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Posted on August 10, 2021

Guinness Barge plaque unveiled

Photograph of Councillor Joe Costello, Eibhlin Colgan (Guinness Archive Manager), Councillor Vincent Jackson, and Jim O’Riordan (Chairman of Inland Waterways Association of Ireland)

The latest plaque to be unveiled marks the last sailing of a Guinness Barge, which took place on 23rd June 1961. You can read about the unveiling and about the plaque and the Guinness Barges in this post, which has a great video by historian James Curry.

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