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Fri 09 Sep 2008Ship had an impact way beyond maritime sector
BACKGROUND:"MY SHIP" was how the late taoiseach, Charles J Haughey, described Asgard II, which he launched in Arklow, Co Wicklow, in 1981. It was a sentiment shared by the thousands of trainees who sailed on the brigantine in Irish and international waters.
"The ship had a tremendous impact, way beyond the maritime sector," Michael Tyrrell, son of its designer, the late Jack Tyrrell, told The Irish Times yesterday.
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