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My Apprentices Indenture dated October 1959
Capt.John Gillespie
(9th. March 2014)
Apprentices on board Irish Oak October 1959>>

Front
Tom Joyce, Former Master Irish Ferries
John Gillespie, Former Master Irish Ferries
Back
Danny Cummins, Former Master B+I Line
Eamonn Doyle,Former Lt Cdr. Naval Service and lecturer Nautical College, Cork
Paddy Doyle,unknown

Capt.John Gillespie
(7th. June 2013)		 Crew I sailed with on Irish Oak 1959 to 1960
Masters: Capts John Lee,John Poole,Barney Reilly.
Chief Officers: C Marsden,Bob McGuirk,Joe McPolin, Andy Devine
2nd Officers; Dermot Byrne, Mick Doyle, Kieran Dooley
3rd Officers: Ollie Hardwick,Eddie Greevy, Jimmy Rickard, Paddy Doyle
Radio Officers: D Rocca,S Kelly O Connor
Apprentices: Danny Cummins,Peter Vaughan Buckley,Tom Joyce, Paddy Doyle,Eamonn Doyle
             Flan Moran,Frank Kelly,John Gillespi
Bosun John Joe Hearne
ABs :  Paddy Hearne,John Walsh,Jack Duffin,Sean Kiely, John Byrne, Paddy Byrne
Chief Steward: Joe MacEvoy,Zuchurt		 I took this Photo of Irish Oak in King Georges Dock, Glasgow, 01/01/1960
It was my first trip to sea as an apprentice>>>

Capt.John Gillespie
(7th. June 2013)

 

Here is a Quarantine Service book belonging to my late Dad Thomas O Connell from Youghal. He had this book when he was on the Irish Oak as you can see from the bottom right hand corner he sailed on her in 1964.
Kieran O'Connell
January 2012>>>		    
             
Irish Oak Dublin 1962
R.Saunders
April 2012

Fancy dress party Irish Oak 1980.

photo Erc Kealy

 JIMMY TALLON ON THE IRISH OAK 1975 WITH L-R:
FRANK STACK, JIMMY WILLIS, DERMOT REILLY, AND TOM HANDLEY.		 1974 1980 (ANTO MURPHY) DUBLIN 1964 Brian Lattimore 1974
             

I sailed on the IRISH OAK I think it was early 1963, we went up the Great  Lakes, I enjoyed this trip the best, lots of overtime.
We picked up the new  Diesel Trains for CIE. They had five of the engines as deck cargo, when we  were sailing through Lake Superior we hit a bad winter storm the seas were breaking on the deck and freezing in the cargo the crew spent the night  breaking the ice off the riggings and engines. Very exciting".

Tony Valente  
  Florida USA

2nd March 2008

 

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