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  Faculty of Arts | The Coracle Irish-Newfoundland Fellowships and Roundtables
The journey is impossible to confirm, but in 1976, English adventurer Tim Severin replicated it, proving that such a voyage in a small but surprisingly seaworthy coracle was possible.
The Coracle Fellowships and Roundtables at Memorial University honour this longstanding relationship between Ireland and Newfoundland and Labrador, and strengthen our ties.
Coracle Roundtables bring together a small number of invited scholars, artists, civil servants and/or eminent practitioners for brief, high-level, focused discussions on topical issues of mutual interest.
www.mun.ca /coracle.php   (231 words)

  
  Coracle - LoveToKnow 1911
Coracle-fishing is performed by two men, each seated in his coracle and with one hand holding the net while with the other he plies his paddle.
When a fish is caught, each hauls up his end of the net until the two coracles are brought to touch and the fish is then secured.
The coracle forms a unique link between the modern life of Wales and its remote past; for this primitive type of boat was in existence amongst the Britons at the time of the invasion of Julius Caesar, who has left a description of it, and even employed it in his Spanish campaign.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Coracle   (211 words)

  
 The coracle, an ancient little boat
Coracles have not been seen in Scotland for 150 years but they were in use in Ireland until the late 1940's.
The principal use of these coracles on the Severn at Iron-Bridge was as a ferry as there were very few bridges over that river in the area and the locals resented having to pay a toll on the famous Iron-Bridge.
The coracles are traditionally made of willow ar ash laths and covered with calico or canvas impregnated with pitch and tar or, more recently, bitumastic paint.
www.data-wales.co.uk /coracle1.htm   (740 words)

  
 Coracle   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A coracle is a primitive type of boat.
It is constructed of a loose basket of branches or twigs covered in a layer of animal hide or tar coated cloth.
Coracle Society The coracle is a small boat with a basketwork frame, existing in the UK for at least 35 centuries.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Coracle.html   (183 words)

  
 Coracle Making at Living Heritage Craft Shows
Coracles are distinguished from other river craft by their weight, construction and propulsion.
The coracles are traditionally made of willow and ash laths and covered with calico or canvas impregnated with pitch and tar or, more recently, bitumastic paint.
In the main Coracles are mainly used for net fishing, with the net being held between two coracles which drift down with the current, taking a salmon or sewin at restricted times of the year.
www.craft-show.co.uk /demonstrations/Coracle_Making   (375 words)

  
 Craft and Coracle
The British coracle is derived from the bitumen-coated guffa of Iraq and the skin-covered coracles of India and Tibet.
The common dimensions of the coracle remained the same as when they were made of hide and determined by the size of a single ox.
Coracles are paddled, or more correctly sculled, not to the stern but rather toward the how using a figure-eight stroke Paddling to the side, as one does a canoe, sends it in circles.
www.motherearthnews.com /DIY/2003-04-01/Craft-and-Coracle.aspx   (3098 words)

  
 A Conserved Functional Domain of Drosophila Coracle Is Required for Localization at the Septate Junction and Has ...
of Coracle and the cytoplasmic tail of NRX.
the mislocalization of NRX in coracle mutants is qualitatively
with septate junctions and is encoded by the coracle gene.
www.jcb.org /cgi/content/full/140/6/1463   (6905 words)

  
 Plywood coracle
The coracle seems to be far too simple a boat for the English, whose only contribution to sensible boat building seems to have been the Parrett flatner - and even that had a thwartships rounded bottom and cant frames fore and aft.
Despite the Greenwood Trust's excellent booklet, the dimensions of coracles are rather hard to come by, probably because your Welsh poacher built each one according to what materials were to hand (or could be stolen) rather than to workshop drawings.
However I did once copy from somewhere authoritative that a coracle was 50in long, with the forward edge of an 8in plank seat amidships.
home.clara.net /gmatkin/churchillcoracle.html   (1480 words)

  
 Plywood lath coracle
Coracle is not a general name for a basket boat.
The propelling force of a coracle is a single-blade paddle.
A coracle is paddled from the front with a "figure of eight" stroke.
www.saunalahti.fi /~hvartial/coracle/coracle.htm   (2710 words)

  
 National Coracle Centre on AboutBritain.com
Coracles probably date back to the Ice Age, and these once skin-covered boats are still made and used for salmon fishing in West Wales today.
was the centre of coracle fishing, and during the summer holidays coracles are often on the river and rides are available.
The Coracle Centre stands in the grounds of the 17th Century flour mill which is included in your visit, Viewing areas and pathways allow easy access for disabled people and provide wonderful views of the falls, salmon leap and 200 year old bridge.
www.aboutbritain.com /NationalCoracleCentre.htm   (345 words)

  
 Coracle Main Page
Coracle is available free of charge to Members, Associate Members and Friends of the Community.
coracle articles focus on issues at the heart of the Iona Community: prayer and politics, youth concerns, political theology, the social gospel, new worship material, environmental ethics.
Each coracle also carries news from the Iona Community centres on Iona and Mull, thus appealing to the thousands of staff, guests and others who visit our centres and these islands annually.
www.iona.org.uk /coracle/main.htm   (652 words)

  
 Coracle Data Migration Secure File Transfer Utility   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Coracle should be a regular part of your computer upgrade and replacement routines.
Coracle uses a simple, powerful file selector that makes it easy to transfer data and files from one location to another.
Coracle is installed on a bootable CD which means it is portable and can be used anywhere.
www.tugboatenterprises.com /file-transfer.php   (555 words)

  
 Conwy Richards - Coracle Types - The River Cleddau
Coracle fishing on the River Cleddau was still being practised in 1941 and it is recorded that a licence to fish the river was issued in 1939 for one pair of coracles.
The river is also known for poaching from coracles and it is recorded that in the 1830s the fishing rights were held by the Baron de Rutzen whose men apprehended poachers in coracles at Blackpool Mill.
The paddle is short at about 4 foot 3 inches and with a unique transverse claw grip at one end, it is not for carrying the coracle in the way as on the Teifi - where a similar but inline claw is on the paddle and hooks under a cross lathe.
www.coracle-fishing.net /text-files/types-cleddau.htm   (290 words)

  
 Coracle Oracle
He is single-handedly navigating a primitive coracle boat from an Oxfordshire spring to the sea, through 190 miles of Britain's water ways, carrying a magic Egg.
Coracles are prehistoric craft, made traditionally from animal skins stretched over a wooden frame.
Chris has built several coracles using only primitive technologies; he made the craft for this pilgrimage from willow and horsehide, cured in salt.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /theshire/druid/html/coracle_oracle.html   (420 words)

  
 Coracle, Incorporated Emerges from the Former Rothman Companies : RISMedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Now, his idea has come of age, and his company is part of Coracle, Incorporated; a new company founded and funded by a savvy group of Bay Area investment entities.
Coracle (named for the small boat used by fishermen to go where large boats cannot access and to reap the bounty of those hard-to-reach spots) has a proprietary technology methodology to help their subscribers maximize their placement and usage of all major search engines.
Until Coracle's methodology, many advertisers found themselves spending millions of dollars on "pay per click" arrangements that may bring improved traffic to their site on one search engine, but may not have developed more sales.
www.rismedia.com /wp/2005-10-05/coracle-incorporated-emerges-from-the-former-rothman-companies   (683 words)

  
 Tugboat Enterprises Launches Coracle
Coracle is a self-booting disk that will quickly, safely and inexpensively move some or all your data from one computer to another.
Coracle will save our customers hours of time and remove any worry they might have when transferring large amounts of data from one computer to another." Like other products introduced by Tugboat Enterprises, Coracle is built upon the Tugboat platform which makes it very fast and simple to use.
Coracle retails for $29.95 (U.S.) "This is a tool for people to buy and keep in their box of data management tools," Said Senior Programmer Jonathan Lyster.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-03-2006/0004353482&EDATE=   (376 words)

  
 Treasure Island: Chapter 24 - The Cruise of the Coracle
And I had hardly moved before the boat, giving up at once her gentle dancing movement, ran straight down a slope of water so steep that it made me giddy, and stuck her nose, with a spout of spray, deep into the side of the next wave.
I was drenched and terrified, and fell instantly back into my old position, whereupon the coracle seemed to find her head again, and led me as softly as before among the billows.
The coracle, left to herself, turning from side to side, threaded, so to speak, her way through these lower parts, and avoided the steep slopes and higher, toppling summits of the waves.
www.kellscraft.com /treasureislandch24.html   (1609 words)

  
 The Protein 4.1, Ezrin, Radixin, Moesin (FERM) Domain of Drosophila Coracle, a Cytoplasmic Component of the Septate ...
Above is a map indicating the sizes (in italics) and locations of exonic and intronic sequences in the coracle gene.
The FERM domain of Coracle is sufficient to rescue the weak cuticle phenotype of cor
The FERM domain is sufficient to rescue the coracle cell viability phenotype.
www.genetics.org /cgi/content/full/159/1/219   (5017 words)

  
 CORACLE BUILDING COURSE -Natural Pathways- Courses in Survival Skills
Natural Pathways Coracle Building Courses with David Freeman, make coracles to fish for prized salmon, sea trout, Come and enjoy coracle building.
Coracles once served to ferry people across rivers, but now are used to fish for prized salmon and sea trout.
He will be instructing you on the skills of building your very own Coracle from willow and if time allows, there will be a trip to the water to try it out.
www.natural-pathways.co.uk /coracle-building.htm   (203 words)

  
 Coracle Cove Bed & Breakfast Sechelt Sunshine Coast
Coracle Cove is located on the waterfront of Sechelt Inlet, a spectacular and unique inland sea, whose waters are a constantly changing canvas, presenting memorable and breathtaking views.
Coracle Cove, located on Sechelt Inlet, is a kayaker's paradise - and if you've always thought kayaking is only for the serious adventurer, we have a surprise for you.
Her people have sustained themselves since time immemorial, living on the natural resources provided by the land and sea, developing a complex relationship with this rich coastal environment.
www.bigpacific.com /where/coraclecovebb.html   (1059 words)

  
 Types of boats: Coracle
A coracle is a primitive type of boat.
It is a light boat, oval in shape, and formed of canvas stretched on a framework of split and interwoven rods, and well-coated with tar and pitch to render it water-tight.
According to early writers the framework was covered with horse or bullock hide (corium).
www.boatsdepot.org /boats/types/coracle.asp   (120 words)

  
 Welsh Icons - Coracle
The coracle forms a unique link between the modern life of Wales and its remote past.
This primitive type of boat was in existence amongst the Britons at the time of the invasion of Julius Caesar, who has left a description of it, and even employed it in his Spanish campaign.
The Welsh Rivers Teifi and Tywi are the best places to find coracles in Wales, although the type of coracle differs depending on the river.
www.welshicons.org.uk /html/coracle.html   (317 words)

  
 Coracle Press -- Canada
Coracles were used in ancient times as light seaworthy crafts for transportation or fishing.
Coracles in ancient times were often small, round skiffs that could be carried on the individual's back when on dry land.
They are an example of one of the oldest types of boat in the world, often used by monks to travel from island to island in a spirit of peace and discovery.
www.coraclepress.com   (352 words)

  
 Definition of coracle - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Learn more about "coracle" and related topics at Britannica.com
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www.m-w.com /dictionary/coracle   (49 words)

  
 National Coracle Centre: Waterscape.com
The National Coracle Museum houses an international collection of coracles from as far afield as Vietnam, North America, India, Tibet and Iraq - as well as one or two from the UK.
Young children can sit in a coracle and watch a video of how such a vessel is made.
Depending on the time of year and weather, coracle demonstrations may be arranged.
www.waterscape.com /servicesdirectory/National_Coracle_Centre   (159 words)

  
 Coracle
Coracles I build for the sake of whimsy.
In the early 1900's, coracles were such efficient fishing boats, that their use was restricted, then later prohibited, to prevent the extermination of salmon.
Coracles are designed for use on streams and rivers, weight well under 20 lbs.
www.brewerycreek.ca /pages/coracle.html   (92 words)

  
 Coracle Cove B&B and Cottage Spa :: The waterfront bed and breakfast suite
This designation is your guarantee that Coracle Cove has met some of the most stringent standards in the hospitality industry, assuring our guests of a positive experience and quality lodging
The spectacular mountain views and ocean scenery of Sechelt Inlet are among the best along the magnificent Pacific West Coast.
For less than 14-days, the charge is 50% of the booked rate; or the full amount for less than 48 hours notice.
www.coraclecove.com /rooms.html   (398 words)

  
 Coracle, Inc. Emerges from the Former Rothman Companies : RISMedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Israel Rothman, founder of Ads for Free, Hit My Page.com and Rothman and Associates, has joined forces with Coracle, Incorporated, a new company founded and funded by a group of Bay Area investment entities.
Coracle (named for the small boat used by fishermen to go where large boats cannot access and to reap the bounty of those hard-to-reach spots) has a proprietary technology methodology to help its subscribers maximize their placement and usage of all major search engines.
For a modest subscription fee annually, a Coracle customer can localize and manage his position on the search engines to an extent previously not possible.
www.rismedia.com /wp/2005-11-07/coracle-inc-emerges-from-the-former-rothman-companies   (398 words)

  
 The 4.1 Protein Coracle Mediates Subunit-Selective Anchoring of Drosophila Glutamate Receptors to the Postsynaptic ...
The 4.1 Protein Coracle Mediates Subunit-Selective Anchoring of Drosophila Glutamate Receptors to the Postsynaptic Actin Cytoskeleton -- Chen et al.
The 4.1 Protein Coracle Mediates Subunit-Selective Anchoring of Drosophila Glutamate Receptors to the Postsynaptic Actin Cytoskeleton
We identified coracle, a homolog of mammalian brain 4.1 proteins,
www.jneurosci.org /cgi/content/abstract/25/28/6667   (393 words)

  
 BBC - South West Wales My Story - Richard's Coracle Adventure
The idea for the expedition was born in the White Hart public house over several pints of fine ale with Cenarth based coracle maker Ronnie Davies whom I visited around Easter in 1998 to research the Teifi coracle.
Upon my return to Lincoln I set about building a coracle based on the Teifi but with a greater carrying capacity in order to transport myself and my kit the 70 or so miles along the length of what my Easter visit revealed to be a rough and dangerous river.
As a relative novice I found that paddling a coracle on the Teifi was nothing like my previous paddling on Scottish Lochs and my local rivers.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/southwest/sites/mystory/pages/coracle.shtml   (820 words)

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