John Philip Holland Commemoration
Thursday 05 May 2011
A live video stream of the John Philip Holland Commemoration will be available on Saturday 7th May 2011 at www.nmci.ie/live
John Philip Holland was the inventor and designer of the first submarines in the American, British, Japanese and Dutch navies. He was born in Liscannor, Co. Clare and was a Christian Brother between 1858 and 1873. Br John Philip taught at the North Monastery School between 1858 and 1861. While at the North Monastery, Holland designed, prepared the drawings and specifications for the first submarine. Br James Dominic Burke made a model in wood for him. The first tests were carried out with models and explosives in the Monastery’s ornamental pond.
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