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The Pibroch was a
The Pibroch
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The Pibroch was a Clyde puffer
The Clyde puffer is a type of small coal-fired and single-masted cargo ship, built mainly on the Forth and Clyde Canal, which provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides of Scotland.
Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy ...
that was built in Glasgow
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during 1957. It was one of the last of that type of vessel to survive. Built at Bowling
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, Scotland in 1957 as a diesel-engined boat for the Scottish Malt Distillers, she had been lying at Letterfrack
Letterfrack or Letterfrac () is a small village in the Connemara area of County Galway, Ireland. It was founded by Quakers in the mid-19th century. The village is south-east of Renvyle peninsula and north-east of Clifden on Barnaderg Bay and li ...
, County Galway, Ireland, in desperate need of restoration, since 2002. The ''Pibroch'' deteriorated further as time passed, and her bulkheads began to give way. In 2010 she was sold and was subsequently scrapped. A sister-ship, the ''Julia T.'', Lies in 30 m of water in Killary Bay some 300 yards off Lettergesh.
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The Pibroch
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