The Munster Blackwater is an isolated tidal river navigation that joins the sea at Youghal, the easternmost part of County Cork on Ireland's south coast. The navigation was used by pleasure steamers and motor launches, ferrymen and fishermen and, most significantly, by schooners carrying coal to Ireland and pit-props back to Wales: those schooners included the Kathleen & May (owned at Youghal for some time) and the De Wadden (now in Liverpool).
I have put up a gallery of photos of the navigation, from Youghal to the Kitchenhole above Cappoquin, with a few photos of the Lismore Canal and Bride Navigation. You can go direct to http://www.pbase.com/bjg/blackwater or go to http://www.pbase.com/bjg/root and select the gallery called "The Munster Blackwater and associated navigations". You can look at pics one by one or use the slideshow. By the way, pbase has an RSS feed so you can (if you're interested) ask to be notified automatically of updates to my photos. bjg
