Quote Originally Posted by Drew1966 View Post
Aussie ingenuity. Pretty hard to beat.
Aussie ingenuity? The man was born in Castlebar in County Mayo, Ireland and married an Irish woman. How does that make him Australian?

One of his most famous inventions was a wire guided torpedo for coastal defence.
You can still see the Brennan Torpedo room in Camden Fort Meagher in Crosshaven, Co Cork. The Brennan torpedo was the first guided missle in the world and was installed at the fort to protect the entrance to Cork Harbour.

https://goo.gl/maps/jKQx6nD79eDoKfyN7

Interestingly there was a commercial monorail system here in Ireland but not by Brennan but a by a French designer called Lartigue.

Lartigue Monorail | Experience a unique form of rail travel located in Listowel, Co. Kerry
They now have a museum and you can take a trip on the Monorail.