Summary
A huddle of fishing boats buffeted by the Atlantic wind, with the rolling peaks of the Irish mainland beyond, are all you can see from Diarmuid Ring's kitchen window.
Known as the last parish before America, tiny Val-entia Island seems an unlikely setting for a 140-year-old communications revolution, particularly in light of 21st-century Ireland's poor transport links and patchy internet access.See the full content of this document
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Speed and Continuity in Short Supply
It was from here on July 13, 1866, that Isambard Kingdom Brunel's mighty SS Great Eastern set sail for Canada o...
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