Militaria Archive
National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin
A collection of photographs taken at the National Maritime Museum of Ireland, Old Mariners Church, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin. Included are some pictures of the KV Merlogue exhibition, the Baily Optic, the Neutral Ireland maritime oil paintings (by Kenneth King) and some of the Irish Naval History displays. This museum re-opened in June 2012 after a 6 year refurbishment.
Series of oil paintings by Kenneth King, depicting Irish Emergency (WW2) era merchant shipping, many of which participated in rescues of stricken seafarers and also fell victim to British and German attacks & mines. Included in this series are the Schooner Cymric (sank February 1944 with the loss of 11 lives), the SS Meath (mined and sunk in the Irish Sea 16th August 1940), the SS Clonlara (sunk 22nd August 1941 North Atlantic, 11 lives lost), SS Kerry Head (sunk by bombs 22nd October 1940 with 12 lives lost) & the Irish Larch.
