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It was 180 years ago today that the Greystones-built coal schooner Belle Vue sank off the Isle of Arran... Gary Paine charts its ups and downs on our choppy shores... www.greystonesguide.ie/bringing-coal-back-to-Greystones/

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No0 - Certificate of Registry for Belle Vue 15 January 1853

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No1 - Glasgow Herald 9 Aug 1864 report on sinking of Bellevue

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No2 - Annotated section of 1838 Ordnance Survey map of Greystones showing The Long Cottage

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No3 - 1880s photo showing rocks in front of The Long Cottage where Wavecrest is

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No4 - Old map of coast showing Swans Rock marked

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No5 - Etching of coal sacks unloaded onto rocks into small boats

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No7 - Etching of horse and cart with sacks of coal

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No8 - Whitehaven harbour colour photo with Jonathan Swift house

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No9 - Account of voyages of Belle Vue 30 June 1845

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No10 - Etching of Belle Vue House Estate

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No11 - 1880s photo of top sail schooner at end of 1847 pier

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No13 - Captain Boyd memorial Dun Laoghaire pier

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No14 - old map of Bowmore harbour

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No15 - view from Lamlash pier looking towards Holy Isle - 16 July 2024

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No17 - oil painting of John Doyle in 1840s

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No18 - John Doyle 1793-1855 tombstone in Delgany churchyard

The Belle Vue Gary Paine 6AUG24 Photo No19 - Section of 1883 Ordnance Survey map of harbour area

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