There is a hawser (only one rope on a ship, a cigar for the first correct answer) or mooring line on the starboard side and it appears to be taut, this means the flow of the river is pushing the boat backwards, I would say the bow is pointing up stream, or there is another boat pulling on the barge! The barge must be almost high and dry, see the stones and mud just below the wall behind the bow, the man at the bow with the pole may be ready to push the bow out into the river, where is the horse ? I assume its a horse drawn barge, no sign of a chimney stack at the stern end. The shed at the back appears to be behind the boat as if perhaps it was a boat shed. The boat number is perhaps 344, 844 or 944. does any one have a record of the Barrow Barges. Regards PP On 29 June 2010 19:51, michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > looking again at that picture, > I am convinced that is Captain Thomas standing at the edge in light > coloured suit..( hand at lady's elbow) > would really need to look at original with a magnifying glass for an hour or > so... > Michael, if you can move your man's legs from over the barge number, be > careful, don't lift them up too high or he will tumble back into the boat > .... > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

my grandfater was a boatsman named skipper byrne and lots of people from graiguecullen relied on the income from the boats. - i cannot seem to access the photo - i keep getting the bridge - may sunday procession one. help ----- Original Message ----- From: "CARLOMAN2" <carloman2@eircom.net> To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 June, 2010 09:25:04 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] another comment on the Boating picture.... There is a hawser (only one rope on a ship, a cigar for the first correct answer) or mooring line on the starboard side and it appears to be taut, this means the flow of the river is pushing the boat backwards, I would say the bow is pointing up stream, or there is another boat pulling on the barge! The barge must be almost high and dry, see the stones and mud just below the wall behind the bow, the man at the bow with the pole may be ready to push the bow out into the river, where is the horse ? I assume its a horse drawn barge, no sign of a chimney stack at the stern end. The shed at the back appears to be behind the boat as if perhaps it was a boat shed. The boat number is perhaps 344, 844 or 944. does any one have a record of the Barrow Barges. Regards PP On 29 June 2010 19:51, michael purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com> wrote: > looking again at that picture, > I am convinced that is Captain Thomas standing at the edge in light > coloured suit..( hand at lady's elbow) > would really need to look at original with a magnifying glass for an hour or > so... > Michael, if you can move your man's legs from over the barge number, be > careful, don't lift them up too high or he will tumble back into the boat > .... > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Anna!