I have watched this a number of times. It is a monumental piece of work. A great contribution to recording our topographical history.
@jimcrawford50396 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a trip.Just beautiful. Newry looks like a big place now, I used to spend Holliday’s with an aunt there in the 1950s. I live in Australia and have never been back there in 53 years.
@michaelsheridan93094 жыл бұрын
had a short break in portadown 2017 ,cycled the canal right out to the end and swam in the bann as it entered lough neagh...wonderful to see it again especially in such a heavenly way ....thanks
@jamesplunkett42004 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Very soothing to watch. Great to see Scarva from the air.
@janicelitz8 жыл бұрын
This is from where we were born all the way to the sea. I loved it. Thank you for filming and sharing Connor Sweeney. I will share it with my brother who just flew back there to that area yesterday after visit to his sister living in Delaware, Ohio, USA.
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Thanks you for your kind comments.
@maxblinkhorn4 жыл бұрын
Excellent work! I never knew it was such a large area! Great perseverance.
@davidvanniekerk38134 жыл бұрын
Dankie/ Merci 4 the video, Connor Sweeney. Carlingford Lough was mentioned in a YT video and said it was disputed between Ire and England. I looked it up in a map a got from Londeon, England (L1.99@Dec. 1998). I was under the understanding that an ancestor, David Johannes Morries (1883-1961) was an Irish [and aided the Boers (1899-1902)], but new evidence show DJM's father was Henry Morris (* - +) from England and went to South Africa for the diamonds founded at Kimberly (1866) ... Thx for the video. It looks quite nice.
@feline19738 жыл бұрын
This is superb!! Really brings out the landscape and relative sizes of the Bann, Newry Canal and Newry Ship Canal.
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@brigidalo7 жыл бұрын
Am from Newry annd am a bit obsessed with rivers and canals. Thank you.
@HappyDaysNI7 жыл бұрын
I think it comes with the territory!
@quadrim.a.28164 жыл бұрын
All the development because of this water body having highest 3 D aerial view . Lot of thanks for captions.
@petergavin1184 Жыл бұрын
When was the canal last navigable? Are there any plans to restore it? The lower Bann connects Lough Neagh to the sea at Castlerock, it would be great to have this connection too.
@Celtic2Realms9 ай бұрын
Very well done. Most enjoyable.
@niveknilknarf90157 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic and epic feat you have achieved in this video. I van only imagine all of the planning and catologuing of clips, not to mention the countless journeys back and forth to each location along the route. Beautiful countryside and small towns as well. Well done from me. You've earned my sub.
@HappyDaysNI7 жыл бұрын
Nivek Nilknarf thanks. It took a fair bit of work alright. I would do two sections in the morning, then go to work and charge up the batteries and do another two in the evening. The weather was a good help!
@peterbarter93178 жыл бұрын
thanks for all your effort - a very satisfying journey
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Many thanks.
@nialloneill4264 жыл бұрын
Well done to Conor for the great drone/camera work - a great job for the enlightenment of us transport history enthusiasts. It also gives a physical depiction of the whole Newry Canal, Clanrye River & Upper Bann River systems. This is important work and I'm glad there is the love our there for it and the talent to capture it. Any chance you'd drone track the disused line from Goraghwood through Lisummon Tunnel (Irelans'd longest - over it, I mean!) past Markethill and on on to Armagh. I'm a rail nut also.
@HappyDaysNI4 жыл бұрын
Niall O'Neill thanks.
@HappyDaysNI4 жыл бұрын
That would be an interesting one to do. There are lots of old lines that would be good to see today.
@090238burcher3 жыл бұрын
Well done. I enjoyed every minute.
@josephcunningham90838 жыл бұрын
Wonderful piece of creativity - work of art.. Well done Connor.
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Joseph.
@JonnyMcCullagh8 жыл бұрын
Excellent video and a lot of hard work. You have a lot of guts flying over water so much! I did a wee drone flight around Narrow Water a few months back and my heart was in my mouth the whole time.
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
I have lost two into the water so far. Both my own fault. But the new technology is superb now and there's little to go wrong! Famous last words, I hope not!
@henrytaaffe70583 жыл бұрын
awsome footage sir
@melllwyd48887 жыл бұрын
Looks like this water route could use some investment to make it a tourist attraction for boaters and the like ?
@theflyingtrucker61925 жыл бұрын
Great job on this video....👍👍👍You got my mind going now. Thanks
@ChrisSempleNI4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this! I bet it was quite a project. I just got a kayak and intend to paddle part of the way. 👍🏻
@HappyDaysNI4 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris - could I suggest you get in touch with the Inland Waterways Association of Ireland - they have a Portadown branch. You can find them on Facebook. They would be best placed to advise on where to paddle as I believe it can be quite shallow in places.
@56titch4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful just what Newry needs
@N.I-Detecting4 жыл бұрын
Great aerial video, thanks
@redcruben4 ай бұрын
Would be lovely to see it opened again for boats
@bradyneil5 жыл бұрын
really really well done! beautiful
@christrotter76447 жыл бұрын
This really is fantastic.
@HappyDaysNI7 жыл бұрын
Many thanks.
@ralfwasmund96564 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Great work.
@alastairchestnutt64163 жыл бұрын
Great video thanks.
@nicholasmccann66804 жыл бұрын
Great video 👌
@gordonmillar9984 жыл бұрын
Great trip, tks.
@jamesoutandaboutn.i2274 жыл бұрын
Really good well done 👍
@johnsmith-xu6cl7 жыл бұрын
very impressive work
@HappyDaysNI7 жыл бұрын
Many thanks.
@CDNRCFlyer8 жыл бұрын
Great Video You covered a lot of ground. Which phantom were you using? How far did you go during that flight and where you using the litchi program
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Filmed using a P3A. Total distance is around 32 miles (I believe). It was filmed over around 35 stages, each one with me in the middle of the section; flew out about half a mile and then followed the course of the waterway then directly back. Preprogrammed on Litchi, but with manual control available at all times.
@CDNRCFlyer8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. I will remember it for any long flights
@jerryjames22928 жыл бұрын
Incredible!!! How many miles per battery? And how many miles total?
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Set up using Litchi. Pre programmed for about 9 minute flights. About 30 in total although quite a few had to be done twice.
@jerryjames22928 жыл бұрын
+connor sweeney and how many miles could you cover in 9 minutes?
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Each stage was about a mile in length I think. I deleted each section as it was done, so I can't remember now! Batteries can last up to 19 minutes so there was a large margin of error left in for safety reasons.
@thomasjcahill27988 жыл бұрын
Connor your best yet !
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Thomas!
@SottMediaChannel7 жыл бұрын
Nice work! Was it filmed from a helicopter?
@belfastsoul88636 жыл бұрын
Sott Media looks like drone footage.
@loganferguson36956 жыл бұрын
This is great 👍👍
@twopointedstar8 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ryan.
@kristupasurbonasomgurbonas49206 жыл бұрын
im irish and i have been on a boat
@izzytaylor56536 жыл бұрын
Answer me this, why have they cut most of the trees down for the stretch of canal from Carbane into Newry😡
@HappyDaysNI6 жыл бұрын
Islwyn Taylor no idea. I just filmed it.
@izzytaylor56536 жыл бұрын
connor sweeney It is a beautiful piece of film. I used to walk the towpath, but no longer can. It seems that trees no longer matter in Northern Ireland. Everywhere I look, the landscape is being butchered...
@thebullmccabe13845 жыл бұрын
Pity there are no pike left
@whomanbeing8 жыл бұрын
Nice vid.
@HappyDaysNI8 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@sararyan12554 жыл бұрын
🇮🇪🇮🇪🥰🥰🥰👍👍👋
@smythstain3 жыл бұрын
There's my dealers house!
@annahawula24272 жыл бұрын
Due to constant government cutbacks and inflation in that country. place is far too expensive and really not worth going there.