Irish Ship & Barge Fabrication Co Ltd specialise in the development of high quality heritage maritime holdings. We locate heritage vessels and identify unique and exciting modern uses for these valuable craft. Having located the craft and created a function for it we then approach investors to finance and in some cases operate the new floating businesses.

We are just completed a wonderful ship built in 1960 in Liffey Dockyard for her new use as a Restaurant, Cafe Bar and Maritime museum. The 3.5 Million Euro investment has seen the ship restored to her original 1960s condition. Recently we have received planning permission for a home marina for four Guinness heritage steam barges on the River Liffey.Other future projects involve a decommissioned warship as a holistic healing centre, gym, creche and market place, a lightship refitted as a performing arts theatre and a Dutch Rhine barge for tourist accommodation. We are also working on creating a comprehensive national maritime SeaPort in Cork; a seaport that will eventually house over twenty large and small working heritage vessels with specific interest to visitors of the city, a city with such a proud maritime heritage.