From her building in 1905 by Colin Archer the celebrated Norwegian naval architect to her pivotal role in the 1914 Howth gun-running and her later use as Irelands first national sail-training vessel the yacht has had many incarnations.

Asgard yacht national museum ireland. The yacht was restored and conserved over a period of five years from 2007 to 2012. This pic is from a trip I went on in 1985 the year of Live Aid and moving statues Left Cork on 25th July and arrived Arklow on 3rd August having crossed over to Milford Haven and back across the Irish Sea into a. Asgard Asgard II - past crew and trainees.

The Asgard is most famously remembered for. Asgard is a sturdily-built yacht. The ASGARD is open for public inspection during Museum opening hours admission is free and well worth a visit.

He was born in 1870 into an Anglo-Irish Family which had an extensive history of involvement with the British establishment. T he iconic yacht. The 1914 Howth Gun Running Vessel Conserved.

Asgard was built in 1905 by one of Norways most famous boat designers. The yacht Asgard an iconic item of Irish heritage and history was formerly owned by the Irish nationalist and writer Erskine Childers and his wife Molly. Very much a Colin Archer.

The yacht that they sailed on a present from Childers father-in-law was purchased by the Irish government in 1961 and has been restored after years of use as a training ship. The National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks entitled Asgard. Robert Erskine Childers was an unlikely candidate for an Irish nationalist.

This series of photographs taken on August 28 2013 of the historic yacht ASGARD which is now displayed in the Collins Barracks Museum complex in Dublin. The Asgard over 100 years old has been restored after a team of experts from the National Museum of Ireland worked on the relic for the past five years. Restoration of the century-old gun-running boat Asgard will allow people to reflect on the complexities of its history a minister has said.