The first ever celebration of all things maritime takes place on the Liffey at Dublin’s Docklands this June bank holiday weekend.

The Grand Turk, star of the “Hornblower” series, will be just one of a number of tall ships to arrive into port, Ireland’s very own Asgard II, the Jeanie Johnston, the Kathleen & May and the Lord Rank will all open to the public for tours throughout the weekend.

For the first time since the visit of the tall ships to Dublin in 1998, visitors will have the chance to take a spectacular sailing trip out into Dublin Bay on the Grand Turk, sailing twice daily from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority offices on Customs House Quay.