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About Robert Halpin
- Robert Charles Halpin, Master Mariner, born 16 February 1836 at the Bridge Tavern Wicklow, Ireland – 20 January 1894 and died at Tinakilly, Wicklow.
- He captained the Brunel-designed leviathan SS Great Eastern which laid transoceanic telegraph cables in the late 19th century.
- He was, arguably, one of the most important mariners in the 19th century.
- He helped make the world a global village by connecting empires and continents via submarine telegraph cables - in effect constructing the Victorian age communication network.
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