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Old 22nd August 2009
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Originally Posted by Catalpa View Post
The Captain of the Great Eastern was Captain Halpin - an Irishman.

He lived in Tinakilly House near Rathnew, Co Wicklow.

Here's an interesting Link:

The Victorian Internet tomstandage.com
Thanks for that Catalpa, the west coast of Ireland really has a high tech heritage and that stay in the Old Historic Cable house has awakened a keen interest in this heritage for me. From St Brendan to Shannon duty free, Irish people have been very high tech and innovative over time
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