Ilen departing Dun Laoghaire 20 June, 2023
During the afternoon of 20 June, 1923, following ‘a good lunch’ in the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Conor OBrien slipped the mooring of his yacht Saoirse (pronounced ‘Seershah’ and meaning ‘freedom’) and left Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, on a voyage around the world….
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AK Ilen in Westport harbour. Photo Alex Blackwell Conor OBrien designed the AK Ilen after being the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1923-25 aboard another boat he designed, Saoirse, by way of the three Read more…
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