Watch Waterways: The Royal Canal

2012
1 Season

Waterways: The Royal Canal is a documentary series from TravelVideoStore.com that explores the history, culture, and beauty of the Royal Canal in Ireland. The series comprises of four episodes, each episode taking the viewers on a journey along different stretches of the canal, from its origins in Dublin to its endpoint in Cloondara.

The first episode of the series, titled "Dublin to Maynooth", follows host Ruth Delaney as she begins her journey at the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin City Center, where the Royal Canal starts. She explores the city's history and explains how the canal was built to transport goods from rural areas to the city. Ruth travels through different landmarks such as Castleknock, the 12th Lock in Blanchardstown, and Leixlip Castle while meeting with locals who discuss the canal

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Seasons

5. Journey's End

January 1, 2013

On this episode of Waterways Dick takes a break from Rambler and its crew and heads off in his canoe to enjoy a spot of fishing. He catches some perch and roach and carefully returns his prey to the canal. Back on Rambler he takes the wheel and guides the hull through green countryside on a ribbon of brown water like a spaceship on a long interplanetary mission.

4. Forgotten Road

January 1, 2013

In this episode Dick and the crew of Rambler are now well on their way to reaching the Shannon. At this stage in the journey their relationship with time has completely changed. They've adjusted to a much slower pace of life, a pace persisting from some earlier century. Featuring: Ballynacargy, ICA Country Market, 36th Lock House, River Inny, Harbour in Abbeyshrule and more.

3. Reaching The Summit

January 1, 2013

In this episode of 'Waterways' Dick and the crew of Rambler reach the end of the Long Level and begin locking up to the summit level of the canal. Featuring: Riverstown, Trouble at the accommodation bridge, Mullingar, Canoe ride up the Lough Owel feeder, Sluice House, Coolnahay

2. The Long Level

January 1, 2013

In this episode of Waterways - Dick and the crew of Rambler enter the Long Level - the stretch of the Royal Canal between the seventeenth and eighteenth locks that's 32 kilometers long. Featuring: Enfield Harbour, Ireland engineer John Mc Keown, Furey's Pub, The River Boyne, A surprise from the Crew, Thomastown.

1. The Deep Sinking

December 31, 2012

Dick and his crew of the Rambler leave the urban landscape of Dublin behind them to embark on the next leg of the journey. The outside world disappears as the canal dives into the "Deep Sinking" - a narrow rock cutting filled with extravagant vegetation. It runs from Castleknock to Clonsilla. Dick and the crew struggle slowly through with the Rambler.

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