I came across the wreck of the Portláirge on a recent family trip to Co Wexford. Built in 1907 by the Dublin Dockyard Company for the Waterford Harbour Commissioners, the SS Portláirge served for 77 years as a steam dredger. By its final year, it was regarded as Europe’s last working steam dredger. It’s famously…… Continue reading SS Portláirge