Fionn Murtagh’s published this great article in the Engineers Journal, iris Cumann na nInnealtóirí, 1 November 2016. Míle buíochas Fionn!
Gombeens at the Gate
US president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was so impressed with tales of the Shannon Hydro Electric Scheme, the landmark infrastructure project of the fledging Irish State in the 1920s, that he sought details from Dublin on what he called the ‘magnificent Shannon Scheme’. Franklin D. Roosevelt The Ardnacrusha power station in County Clare (it still produces power today), depicted on the cover of our latest book, Gombeens at the Gate […]
Character of Irish Water – Clear, Fresh and Transparent
Last week was a busy one. My co-author and friend Jim Kennelly and I launched our latest book Gombeens at the Gate: Renewing the Rising through Ideals, Character and Place. This is the third book Jim and I have written together. With only 100 pages (one for each year since the Easter Rising), we did remark that, unlike ourselves, our books are getting slimmer as time goes on! Gombeens at the Gate […]