Dublin’s ghost ship: The MV Naomh Éanna once ran the ferry service between Galway and the Aran Islands sailing as CIÉ's only seafaring vessel. Now she lingers in a dock close to the place of her construction, listing over to her left-hand side
The ship has sat in an old graving dock at the opposite end of the Grand Canal Basin to the Bord Gáis Theatre for almost a decade. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
The ship was laid up from active duties in 1986 and subsequently purchased by the Irish Nautical Trust, which brought it to Dublin. It was moored in the Grand Canal Basin for some years as a floating surf shop and featured in the 1996 Michael Collins film. been involved in several other ship restorations, including the MV Cill Airne, now docked on North Wall Quay as a restaurant.After a period of lobbying, a stay against the ship’s scrapping was put in place in 2016. Securing work was carried out on the vessel by Corbett’s company. “We sat in on mooring blocks to support it in the dock so we could drain the dock to carry out repairs,” says Corbett.
In early 2021, Corbett says the company handed over the ship’s physical registration book to help with disposal process following a meeting with Nama.
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