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	Currach
		The history of the Currach is as old as Ireland itself.
		It is said that St. Brendan, "the navigator" made a voyage in a Currach which carried ten people with forty days provisions to the shores of North America.
		The Currach is a light wooden vessel, originally covered with animal skins now covered with canvas and tarred.
	www.marymcsweeney.com /currach.html (257 words)

	LNBHA Currach History: Cultural heritage of curragh making in Ireland, its design proinciples, material culture and ...
		Currachs are easily driven by sail or oar and are inexpensive to make and maintain - characteristics that add to their appeal as environmentally sound leisure boats.
		This key element of currach construction, which distinguishes it from almost all other boat types, may be related to the absence in it of a keel.
		Currachs, gliders and tents share the fact that they are extremely light (a 25ft Kerry naomhóg weighs less than 75kg) and at the same time so sturdy as to withstand the forces of nature.
	www.loughneaghboats.org /history.html (1761 words)

	Currach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, with variations in size and shape by region.
		It is referred to as a naomhog in counties Cork and Kerry and as a "canoe" in West Clare.
		Currach is also used in the Gaelic languages to denote a marshy place, such as Currie (a suburb of Edinburgh) and "The Curraghs", an area of the Isle of Man, best known for its wildlife park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Currach (895 words)

	Fahamore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fahamore is located on the shore of Brandon Bay and is a centre for diving, surfing, windsurfing and sea bass fishing.
		Fahamore is also a centre for currach (or Naomhòg) building in the home of master currach builder Monty O'Leary.
		Currachs are still used as both fishing boats and trawler tenders in Fahamore at the local fishing harbour located on Scraggane Bay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fahamore (717 words)

	The Columbus Currach Club
		A currach is a wood framed boat traditionally covered with light skins, although modern currachs now use canvass and tar.
		Historically the currach served as both a fishing vessel as well as general transportation along the many rivers and coastal waters of Ireland.
		The construction and design of the currach is unique to the western coast of Ireland, while the size and shape vary by region.
	www.irishrowing.org (0 words)

	Howth Yacht Club
		As the humble little currach, built by the skilful Peader (beag) Seoige from Inis Oirr Aran Islands on the western seaboard, attempts to cross the Irish sea for the first time in its history, I'm sure that same Irish sea is rubbing its hands and thinking to itself "I'LL have you for tea".
		Well, this humble little Currach, the Aoibhin Marie, has built up a powerful and workmanlike relationship with its team of rowers over the past few months, and we are confident she will ferry this group of rowers safely from Wales to Ireland.
		The small Currach has a big history as a fishing boat, a ferry boat (cargo and passengers) and has come to the rescue of many down through the years.
	www.hyc.ie /news/newsview.asp?newsid=286 (751 words)

	Clare Museum: Riches of Clare: The Clare Currach
		Although a finished currach could reach up to 18 feet in length, be up to 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep, these vessels are remarkably light and manouverable and could be easily beached.
		While most currachs have copper nails keeping the laths and ribs secured, the currachs of Sheephaven in County Donegal traditionally used rope, but nowadays nylon is used to do that job.
		The currachs of Innisboffin are considered to be midway between the most primitive example of the currach and those from Kerry, which are considered to be the most advance version.
	www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/claremuseum/news_events/ccclare_currach.htm (709 words)

	Feile na Curracai (Kilrush Currach Regatta)
		The objective is to revive the use of currachs as a sport in West Clare and along the west coast of Ireland.
		The currach race judge's boat was provided by Dave Smith, Cappa and was crewed by Padraig O'Malley, Cappa and Norman McBride, Kilkeel RNLI Station and the safety boat was provided by Dr. Simon Berrow and crewed by Morgan Keating, Niamh O'Malley, Charlie Glynn, and Declan Miniter.
		Currachs were also used on Scattery Island as the only contact with the mainland, and for transporting the river pilots to the many sailing ships which navigated the waters of the Shannon Estuary on their way to Limerick, Kilrush and Cappa with their cargoes.
	www.kilrushlifeboat.com /feile_na_curracai_kilrush_currach_regatta.htm (1202 words)

	Craft: Our Currach
		All that's missing is the stones-and-rope contraption that we drape over the currach to prevent it from blowing away in high winds.
		This feature is typical of the currachs of the West [due, presumeably, to the rougher seas over/up there] so you won't be surprised to learn that the currach you're viewing was built in the Aran Islands.
		This is because, at least in the currach you're viewing, the latter position corresponds with the widest part of the boat and the former the thinnest.
	homepage.eircom.net /~currachc/craftoc.htm (841 words)

	The Examiner - News From Ireland - 11, June, 1999
		Pádraig de Hora is an expert carpenter/boatbuilder who led a similar project in 1995, building a currach in Amsterdam as part of a festival of traditional boats.
		One of the currachs will be delivered to the Currach Irish Bar, one of the first Irish bars in the world to see the first light in 2000.
		The cost of the currach project is estimated at £21,000 and sponsorship is being sought.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/1999/11/06/ipage_2.htm (372 words)

	Craft: General
		To confuse matters further, Currachs are often referred to as "Canoes" by the people who used or still use them as a natural part of their working lives.
		Also, whereas Currachs are now almost solely found along Ireland's Western and South-western seaboard and are propelled in a conventional rowing manner and, sometimes, by sail [as in The Brendan Voyage], Coracles are found in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and outside of Europe and are propelled by means of a curious figure-of-eight/circular paddling action.
		Similarly, a Naomhóg is a type of Currach which originates in County Kerry and which can be said to constitute the last stage in the linear evolution of the Currach.
	homepage.eircom.net /~currachc/craftg.htm (1002 words)

	Currach - Wiki Ireland
		The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coast of Ireland, with variations in size and shape by region.
		It is referred to as a "naomhog" in counties Cork and Kerry and as a "canoe" in West Clare.
		Historically, the currach was used both as a sea-fishing vessel and also as transport along rivers and coastal waterways.
	wiki.ie /index.php?title=Currach&redirect=no (248 words)

	National Museum of Ireland
		The currach, the crew and the sea was blessed with holy water from Deirbhle’s well by an t’Athar Deaglan MacConamghna.
		Before the currach was put into the water local youngster Shona Coultry tied a small bottle of blessed water to the prow of the boat, as was the tradition in the area.
		Finally the currach was loaded up with 40kg bags of coal in an attempt to test the weight carrying capacity of the boat.
	www.museum.ie /news/details_news.asp?sPressType=1&newsid=167 (594 words)

	Aran Islands Currach
		The currach originates from the Aran Islands situated in Galway Bay.
		A replica was built from an example by the famous currach builder Maidhí Suínera Ó Conghaile, which is in the Meitheal Mara collection.
		An interesting feature of this vessel is the use of the grain in apple wood to serve as thwart knees.
	www.mmara.com /aran.html (123 words)

	An Currach - (The) bog or a boat constructed of skins and hides stretched (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An Currach - (The) bog or a boat constructed of skins and hides stretched over a wooden framework, still built and used in Ireland.
		The shape of the rock formation is the same as a currach.
		An Currach No. 1 – A view from the southwest with the topographic feature being in the centre of this image.
	www.theisleofjura.co.uk /web_365/AnCurrach.html (121 words)

	Currachs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Currach are traditional rowing boats still much used in the Aran Islands and all along the west coast.
		Currach racing is also popular along the west coast.
		This picture of a currach is taken in Connemara in Galway.
	www.fionasplace.net /Currach.html (145 words)

	Currach Irish Pub and Pohutukawa Lodge, Great Barrier Island.
		The Currach is an authentic traditional Irish Pub with lots of character and full of ambience.
		We are experienced at cooking a wide range of foods and always offer a delicious and varied menu.
		We have a great range of Irish music and musicians are always welcomed and encouraged to play at The Currach.
	www.currachirishpub.com (0 words)

	currach - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		A Currach or Curach is a type of boat with a wooden frame, over which is stretched animal skins or hides.
		The construction and design of the currach is unique to the western coast of Ireland although the size and shape vary widely by region.
		Organization committed to maintaining the tradition of Irish rowing through competition within the North American Currach Association.
	encarta.msn.com /currach.html (142 words)

	Celtic Festival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Currach Regatta honors the maritime traditions of Ireland and Louisiana.
		For centuries the wooden Currach has been a staple of the fishing industry on the west coast of Ireland, particularly around the Aran Islands off the Connemara coast.
		Used primarily as workboats in the winter and fall fishing and lobster seasons, the Currach became popular in warmer weather as members of coastal villages challenged each other in currach races.
	www.celticnationsworld.com /festival.htm (828 words)

	Currach Details (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Currach Style Bodhran was developed from a desire to have more than one drum to play at sessions.
		After playing the Currach at gigs where it was miked I began to really appreciate its tremendous range of highs and lows.
		The Currach Style is named after the wonderful currachs lying on the beach at Inisheer.
	members.shaw.ca /dsettles/drums/currachdetails.html (189 words)

	AmericanPress.com - Currach club's ready to row but can't get near the water
		Currach racing in Louisiana has even received national media coverage — the World Cup Currach Regatta was featured in the January/February 2007 issue of WoodenBoat magazine.
		The currach first emerged around 100 B.C., and O'Flaherty said the Irish tradition of currach racing is in fact diminishing in Ireland, giving Americans all the more reason to keep the sport alive.
		A currach race involves up to three people in a canoe-shaped boat, who focus on moving the currach forward rapidly and in a straight line.
	www.americanpress.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=639 (528 words)

	Galway Hookers and Currachs, Roundstone, July 2004 (Deadlyphoto.com - Stock photographs by Dave Walsh)
		The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, with variations in size and shape by region.
		It is referred to as a naomhóg in counties Cork and Kerry and as a "canoe" in West Clare.
		The traditional all wooden rowing boat found on the west coast of Connacht is also called a Currach or Currach Adhmaid "wooden Currach" Its style of construction is very similar to the canvas covered Currach.
	www.deadlyphoto.com /photoblog/2007/01/galway_hookers_and_currachs_ro.html (321 words)

	Irish Abroad - Irish American News
		Luckily O’Flaherty’s currach survived the devastating storm that decimated the south and will soon hang in Hanafin’s bar, but in the meantime the homeless currach prompted an idea to rejuvenate the currach tradition in America.
		In the 1980s there was a group called the Irish Currach league who ran into controversy for having fl rowers in their boats when they went to race in Boston.
		A currach is a lightweight boat that has been used in Ireland for more than 6,000 years.
	irishabroad.com /news/irishinamerica/news/building-currachs-dec1405.asp (622 words)

	Conwy Richards - Coracle Types - Ireland - Currach and Currachs
		Boyne currachs are made by pushing hazel rods into the ground in the shape of the currach, then a wall of basket work creates the upside down gunwale and then the rods are bent to give a look like a primitive hut and tied at the crossing points with horsehair.
		In recent years with the interest in cultural history, river currachs are once again being built for a new generation with an interest in their past.
		In Ireland there is a link between river currachs and the larger sea going types that are rowed and are still in use today, it is the Donegal paddling currach, a type only found in Rosses area of Donegal.
	www.coracle-fishing.net /text-files/types-irish.htm (629 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Monastic School of Aran
		Clonard was a great college, but Aran of Enda was the greatest sanctuary and nursery of holiness throughout all the "land of Erin." Here, also, we find Columcille, who had not yet quite schooled his fiery spirit to the patient endurance of injustice or insult.
		He came in his currach, with the scholar's belt and book-satchel, to learn divine wisdom in this remote school of the sea.
		And when Ciaran, too, was called away by God to found his own great monastery by the banks of the Shannon, we are told that Enda and his monks came with him down to the beach, whilst their eyes were dim with tears and sorrow filled their hearts.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01677b.htm (1254 words)

	Celtic Nations Heritage Festival
		The word currach now describes a particular style of boat, found in Ireland, still in use today.
		Historically the currach is a style of boat that dates back into prehistory and was used throughout most of Europe.
		Ireland has preserved the tradition of the currach, and has developed a tradition of competitive rowing in these boats.
	www.celticnations.org /newfestival/index.php?link=currach.php (202 words)

	Irish People and Ireland - Irish news, events in Ireland, Irish culture, genealogy, music, Ireland travel
		Luckily O’Flaherty’s currach survived the devastating storm that decimated the south and will soon hang in Hanafin’s bar, but in the meantime the homeless currach prompted an idea to rejuvenate the currach tradition in America.
		In the 1980s there was a group called the Irish Currach league who ran into controversy for having fl rowers in their boats when they went to race in Boston.
		A currach is a lightweight boat that has been used in Ireland for more than 6,000 years.
	www.irishabroad.com /news/irishinamerica/news/building-currachs-dec1405.asp (680 words)

	Western People: Belderrig currach takes to the seas for maiden voyage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This was an ideal and rare opportunity to see a traditional canvas currach in use and the Indian summer weather ensured ideal conditions for oarsmen and onlookers.
		Boat-builders Padraig O’Duinnin and Seamus O’Brien from Meitheal Mara, were commissioned by the National Museum of Country life to construct a Belderrig Currach in the grounds of the museum at Turlough Park, as part of an initiative by the Museum’s Education and Outreach Department, between Tuesday, August 20th and Sunday, 25th August.
		The Belderrig Currach is a large 5-man currach, last recorded in use in the 1930s.
	www.westernpeople.ie /news/story.asp?j=5178 (403 words)

	Coracle (Currach) to be built at Mayo Abbey
		A twenty foot currach made from cowhide and hazel wands will be built in Mayo Abbey in the coming weeks and will subsequently be sailed from Northern Ireland to Scotland in early June.
		The journey will be a symbolic reenactment of the voyage of St Columcille from Derry to Iona in AD 563 and will be part of the celebrations to commemorate the 1400th anniversary of the death of the Saint in AD 597.
		The currach will be constructed using the ancient methods of coracle building under the guidance of Peter Faulkner, the last remaining craftsman who has a knowledge of these methods.
	www.mayo-ireland.ie /MyoAlive/Mag0397/Currach.htm (331 words)

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