Sailors Grave Balbriggan

Popsy

Morphéus wrote: »

eh! theres a cinema in balbriggan too
walk from balbriggan all the way north to sailors grave and back

Hi all,

sorry for the change in subject but where exactly is the sailors grave? I've heard it mentioned here before.

Thanks

The Hill Billy

Split from the 'What to do on your day off' thread...

tHB

The Hill Billy

And a quick google brings up a couple of visual references to where you can find it...

http://www.balbriggan.net/photosaug05.htm

wow sierra

Popsy wrote: »

Hi all,

sorry for the change in subject but where exactly is the sailors grave? I've heard it mentioned here before.

Thanks

Head North along beach from the Martello tower. After about 15 minutes you come to an inlet and you will see a huge pile of stones - that's basically the sailors grave site. Traditions says you should put a stone there yourself - at least the first time you are there.

Just after the pile of stones you can walk up to the headland and continue walking for miles coming back onto Gormanstown beach. A wonderful walk I don't do half often enough. Really isolated and wonderful.

Its a nice walk just as far as the sailors grave anyway.

Popsy

Thanks a mil. I've been down that end of the beach loads of time but obviously didnt know what I was looking at looking forward to discovering it over the weekend

rccaulfield

wow sierra wrote: »

Head North along beach from the Martello tower. After about 15 minutes you come to an inlet and you will see a huge pile of stones - that's basically the sailors grave site. Traditions says you should put a stone there yourself - at least the first time you are there.

Just after the pile of stones you can walk up to the headland and continue walking for miles coming back onto Gormanstown beach. A wonderful walk I don't do half often enough. Really isolated and wonderful.

Its a nice walk just as far as the sailors grave anyway.

Did you know theres a megalithic site on that walk that predates newgrange?

Popsy wrote: »

Thanks a mil. I've been down that end of the beach loads of time but obviously didnt know what I was looking at looking forward to discovering it over the weekend

Whats the history behind the sailors grave then? I always thought it was just a name given by sailors because it was treacherous?

Eoineo

The sailor's grave is where the Cardy Marina ran aground. Hence the name for the rocks a little out to sea - the Cardy Rocks & also for the estate just to the West of the grave - Cardy Rock View.

Standard Toaster

rccaulfield wrote: »

Did you know theres a megalithic site on that walk that predates newgrange?

Where would that be?

Eoineo

Bremore Passage tombs on the Bremore headland... Details about halfway down the page: http://www.balbrigganhistory.net/news2008.htm

Standard Toaster

Thanks for that, might pop over that way this weekend and snap a few pics.

More info/pics on the Bremore Passage in this thread.

Bluetonic

Eoineo wrote: »

The sailor's grave is where the Cardy Marina ran aground. Hence the name for the rocks a little out to sea - the Cardy Rocks & also for the estate just to the West of the grave - Cardy Rock View.

There was no such ship as the Cardy Marina.

The spot of the sailors grave is close to where some of the 15 dead were washed up from the Belle Hill, a ship which run a ground sailing from Liverpool to Chile. All but one died. It has its bottom torn open by the 'Granny Rock' when sheltering from a storm having been blown off course.

It also serves to remember the four who died when the Sarah of Runcorn was wrecked just off Bells Lane and six Skerries lifeboat crew died trying to save them. Balbriggan didn't have it's own lifeguard station then so they sent the boat by horse to Balbriggan, tired to launch it from the beach at Bells lane and perished.

Both the above incidents happened within two years of each other in the mid 19th century.

The 'Cardy Rocks' is a name which has changed over time, originally called the Cargee Rocks. Nothing more to it than that.

harry Bailey esq

is the wreck on the gormanstown side of the sailors grave that of the belle hill?

Bluetonic

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

is the wreck on the gormanstown side of the sailors grave that of the belle hill?

No that's just a small trawler. Around 10-15 years ago they removed a load of old trawlers from Balbriggan Harbour and sunk them just off the beach at Lowther Lodge. One or two of them got washed up, and that's what there.

The Belle Hill was a massive sail ship, it sank not far off Newhaven Bay nearly 140 years ago. It would have been similar to this with an iron hull.

1875 BELLE HILL AMERICAN IRON BARQUE - 800 tons TEA, SPICES, TEXTILES, BRANDY & WINE

The owners of the vessel have received a telegram, dated Balbriggan, 28th February, 3.35 p.m., advising that the vessel was stranded 800 yards south of Newhaven Point, close to the rocks, fore end parted, and only visible at low water."

1873 SARAH (or SARAH ANN) RUNCORN SCHOONER - 100 tons COAL AT BLACK ROCKS; FROM GARSTON

sgarvan

Interesting reading Bluetonic

LeoB

Bluetonic wrote: »

No that's just a small trawler. Around 10-15 years ago they removed a load of old trawlers from Balbriggan Harbour and sunk them just off the beach at Lowther Lodge. One or two of them got washed up, and that's what there.

The Belle Hill was a massive sail ship, it sank not far off Newhaven Bay nearly 140 years ago.

Are much of these visable from the shore line? Would be good if possible to photograph at low tide like the M.V Irish Trader below at Baltray

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Bluetonic

LeoB wrote: »

Are much of these visable from the shore line? Would be good if possible to photograph at low tide like the M.V Irish Trader below at Baltray

None visible at all, they were sunk in pretty deep water around this location, after the sandy banks the sea bottom drops quite quickly.