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Snipe Sailing Dinghy Restoration is Bringing People Together from Both Sides of Ulster
24th May 2021
The Snipe Ranger under restoration on 10th May
Credit: Fred Ternan
Snipes, the feathered sort, inhabit wetlands and lakes but in Ireland the breed is on the Red List, meaning it is of high conservation concern. Snipe dinghies (the wooden version) were common in Northern Ireland from the 1930s till the 60s but could have been put on a Red List after that, as their numbers suffered a marked decline. But I m told that Fermanagh supports a breeding population as well as an over-wintering population of the feathered variety, and if you listen, you can hear their distinctive drumming and chipping.
Submitted by Philip Power
In the British West Indies much of the early capital to finance White slavery came from Sephardic Jews from Holland. They provided credit, machinery and shipping facilities. In the 1630s Dutch Jews had been deeply involved in the enslavement of the Irish, financing their transport to slave plantations in the tropics. By the 1660s, this combination of Jewish finance and White slave labor made the British island colony of Barbados the richest in the empire. The island’s value, in terms of trade and capital exceeded that of all other British colonies combined. (John Oldmixon, The British Empire in America, vol. 2, p. 186.)
She described feeling “delighted” by being able to raise £1,930 in total.
She said: “I couldn’t believe how much money I raised for the college for my 100th birthday, and it was a fantastic surprise to be able to thank the college personally for the way it has shaped my life.
“It feels wonderful to have reached 100, and to be able to spend it with my family after the last year was the icing on the cake.”
Going one step further, the team at Cavell Court organised a surprise virtual meeting with the principal of St Hugh s, the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini, on Mrs Powell’s birthday so that she could make the donation in person and share her own memories of St Hugh s.