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break bulk cargo methods before containerisation

Before containerisation became ubiquitous in the late 20th century, there were many different ways of packing and then securing the cargo of a ship in its hold. Below are some of the methods used to transport produce from around the world in to Dublin docks.

Bales of Jute or Sisal

Butcher Van

Weighing Tabaco for Tax

Unloading ship by hand

Chests of Tea

Wheels of cheese?

Sacks of Cocoa Beans?

Reels of newsprint

Loading Banana Stems

Boxes of Paddy Whiskey

Casks of Tabacco

Barrels of Guinness

Railway carriage

Pallet cages of Fruit

Bales of white wood

Coal Grab loading wagon

Livestock

Shoveling Coal

V.W Crates

Pipes

Steam ship Cato

Ships Docked in Dublin Ireland

Locations around Dublin Docks

Salving bell 1925

Pictures of the diving bell wooden float and the tackle uesed to operate it. These photos were kindly donated by William Spence. William's father worked for the Dublin Port and Docks Board. These photos were taken in August 1925. They have hung in the family home for the last 90 years.

Royal Warrent

Salving Bell Float

Tackle used in operation.

Harbour police 1954

Pat Doyle collection

dublin port & docks board workers

customs

This collection was donated by Tony Brennan. He got it from Brendan Mc Cormack, a retired foreman from the Dublin Port Company, Warehouse Section. These great photos give a very good impression of what it was like to work in these warehouses. Most of them are gone now and the storage is done in shipping containers.

Tea Tax

Wine storage CHQ building

Custom House Harbour

Hand Trucks

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photography by Brendan Mc Cormack

Dublin Dockland Cranes

River Liffey

HMS Rapid HMS Rapid was an 11-gun Rosario-class wooden-hulled screw-driven sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 November 1860 at Deptford Dockyard and broken up in 1881.

Dockland industry

Lever Brothers Castleforbes Works 1935

Staff photo of one of the best jobs in the dock area, Lever Brothers , Castleforbes soapworks

With Annie Maher 2nd from left and Christina Mylod Stacey 4th from left in middle row

dublin dock workers staff photo 1935 IMG Brendan Dempsey.jpg

Brendan Dempsey collection

Guinness

Guinness tank number 1357

Walking the Barrels

Guinness Barge

Guinness Truck

18 May 1956

Dublin Shell Factory

Pictures from the first world war era shell factory in the Dublin docklands.

Merchant seamen

Merchant Seamen Training 1945

Gerry Daly and Joe Murphy

Peter Murphy Identity Card 1921

Crew of Oweenee

Colm Murphy Collection

Beamish on the North Wall

Curtis and Lee trucks hauling Beamish stout on the North Wall in 1930/31. Note the Eagle bar on the left and the English bar on the far right.

Donated by Mick Foran

Ted castle's coal yard

Friends and workmates pose for photos in the coal yard in the 1960'S.

Christy Walsh

W. Mahady, P.Rogers, B. O'Rourke, J. Montgomery.

J. Judge, T. Tighe, P.Smith, G. Doyle, A.Smith.

P. Rooney ,S. McDonald

C. Walsh, W. Mahady, T. Fogarty, B O'Rourke.

C. Byrne, P. Rooney, J. Montgomery, B.O'Rourke.

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Ambrose Smith collection

Heiton & Co Ltd

Heiton & Co later became C.D.L operating out of Spencer dock the current sight of the national conference center.

Peter Smith collection

Liffey Dockyard

Ship Building

Ship Building and Repair

Audio & Video Testimonials

Paschal McNevin discusses buttons and the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted by Audrey Mac Cready and Ann Wade as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD. We would like to thank the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society for their help.

Jimmy Carthy talks about his working life on the Dublin docks before decasualisation was introduced in the 1970s. The interview was conducted by UCD Masters students as part of their group dissertation. We would like to thank the Dublin Dockworkers Preservation Society for their help in setting up this interview.

Jimmy Carthy talks about his working life on the Dublin docks before decasualisation was introduced in the 1970s. The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Anita Ní Nualláin and Louise Tobin as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD.

Brendan Dempsey talks about the read (a process where dock workers waited to get picked for jobs) which took place outside what is now the O2 in Dublin 1. The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Audrey Mac Cready as part of her group thesis for the MLIS in UCD.

Brendan Dempsey talks about his working life on the Dublin docks before decasualisation was introduced in the 1970s. The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Audrey Mac Cready and Josephine O'Connor as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD.

Brendan Dempsey talks about the process of decasualisation on the Dublin docks . The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Audrey Mac Cready and Josephine O'Connor as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD. We would like to thank the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society for their help.

Alan Martin discusses his working life on the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted by Neasa McHale and Ann Wade as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD. It took place in the Sean O'Casey community centre in East Wall, Dublin 1.

Patrick Bradley talks about the impact that decasualisation had on his working life in the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Anita Ní Nualláin and Louise Tobin as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD.

John Walsh discusses his working life as a buttonman on the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted by Neasa McHale and Ann Wade as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD. It took place in the Sean O'Casey community centre in East Wall, Dublin 1.

Paschal McNevin discusses the decasualisation of the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted by Audrey Mac Cready and Ann Wade as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD. We would like to thank the Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society for their help.

Jimmy Carthy talks about the impact that decasualisation had on his working life in the Dublin docks. The interview was conducted in the CHQ, Dublin 1 by Anita Ní Nualláin and Louise Tobin as part of their group thesis for the MLIS in UCD.

Videos and interviews courtesy of U.C.D