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One of a pairThe Shannon Queen from Athlone in Ireland are a pair of boats that once thrived on hotel guests, diners and pub goers, only for it now to be a rusted tourist attraction.
Even so, you can still see the beauty of what was and imagine what they were like in their day.
Originally opened in 1968 the Shannon Queen had 22 bedrooms, a bar, kitchen and a function room that could hold up to 150 people.
The second boatIt was actually a hotel for 3 years from 1968 to 1971 then was transformed into a floating pub and restaurant. I bet that was interesting with people stumbling near the water and all that!
The original purpose was for the floating boats to become a good travel package idea for people interested in all-inclusive holidays that offered many activities and excursions like horse riding and fishing.
One of the boats back in it's dayThen in 1971 it was officially announced that Shannon Queen Holiday's LTD business had gone into voluntary liquidation.
This hotel boat was auctioned for sale in 1976, and i'm not sure what happened after then for the next 34 years for the boats to get in such a deteriorating state. I guess the big cruise ships as we have today must have took over in the end.
If anyone has any more information to share on this i will happily add it here. There seems to be very limited resources and information for the hotel for some reason.
3 comments:
What a shame to let them rust and decay. I think their use as a pub or card rooms would have been nice. Surely there would have been some use for them!
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Its historical....different experience to see it....!!!
It's completely rusted it seems. It's definitely in a state of ill repair. Such a shame, but an interesting history.
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