This site is dedicated to the Coastguards who lived and worked around the Irish coastline between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
It includes a collection of CG station photos as well as facts and figures about the people , births, deaths, census information, etc. I have also included some fascinating accounts of bravery during rescues from shipwrecks as well as interesting Extracts of shipwrecks and rescues, etc. If you have any queries or input, please let me know.
Tony Daly.
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Site Name: Coastguards of Yesteryear
Site Description: The life and times of 18th to early 20th century Coastguards and their families serving the Irish Coastline.
Membership: 450 registered members (Currently online: 1)
To date the Forum contains 330 posts in
112 threads.
Articles: 242 articles in 14 Categories.*
Photo Galleries: 4 Photo Albums containing 355 Photos.
Comments Posted: 118
Downloads: 29 in 5 Categories.*
Weblinks: 54 in 4 Categories.
Latest member: We welcome Ron Knowles who joined on 13 May 2008
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About Coastguards of Yesteryear
This is a privately funded web resource owned and compiled by Tony Daly [Retd] from Dublin.
What started out as a hobby has turned into a minor obsession and is primarily dedicated to the Coastguards who lived and worked around the Irish coastline between the 18th and early 20th centuries as well as a genealogical reference source.
Its first web appearance was back in 2001 with a very small site and it has consistently grown larger over the years mainly from Tony's large personal collection of documents, texts, books, photos, etc.
The site has become quite popular with people from all the world, some genealogists both amateur and otherwise as well as visitors trying to track down a family member or information about a location.
The current site is now it's fourth 'generation' as it's just been recently upgraded in April of this year.
How the site looked back in 2001
It now has over 200 articles and census lists as well as over 300 photographs of stations and comtemporary life of the era. The newsletter has many regular readers from all over the world and has been highly commended. The site continues to be updated on a regular basis.
Regards, Philip Daly (Son + Webmaster) ___________________ HobbySites.net April 2007
The Coastguard Cutter Vol4 No11
November 2006: I have mentioned many an upset of a Coastguard boat with subsequent loss of life. The incident of 17th March 1835 was one which I had known of for some time but only recently did I come across the Headstone Inscriptions which underlined further the horror of the tragedy of that day. In this one station, four families lost beloved children, three wives lost their husbands, Elizabeth Harmer was yet to give birth a month later. No single station was ever devastated in this manner within a single day.
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Article section - Medals
Posted by Philip
on 04 March 2008
Due to the interest in maritime medals, the article categories have been tweaked slightly. The "Bravery" category has been renamed "Medals" and the few non-medal bravery tales have been moved to the "Life and Times" category.
If anyone has any articles, stories or any medal related information they think would be relevant, please sent them in using the "Submit Article" link on the left.
UK CG Stations Photogallery
Posted by Tony
on 28 February 2008
We have just added a new photogallery - UK Stations. There are over 120 photos from all over the UK. However, we don't have much information about each location.
If any of our UK members has any information about a particular photograph, please post it in the comments box below it. We would also welcome any photo's you may have to add to the gallery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Posted by Philip
on 07 February 2008
The FAQ's or Frequently Asked Questions has just been updated and expanded, see link in Nav bar. It's been split up into section dealing with the various aspects of the site software. So if you're having a problem or maybe you have a question, please check the FAQ's before contacting me as the answer is hopefully there. Obviously, I haven't covered everything, so let me know if your particular problem has not been addressed.
Despite the latest spam detection software and security enhancements on the site, a few spam artists recently got through and posted on the forum. These posts [and the posters] are immediately deleted upon detection.
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