The Quilty Currach Building Course
Well, 3 Aran-style 3-hand currachs were built and launched on August 15th 2004 in Quilty following a 6 day course given by Padraig O'Duinnin from
Meitheal Mara. The course was run in St. Joseph's Community School, Spanish Point, many thanks to Mary Crawford. So why the "Quilty Currachs" ? Well, 7 of the ten students on the course were from Quilty, the launch was in Quilty, the crabclaws came ashore at Quilty. And since we're at the questions, why the "currach" building course and not the "Canoe" building course ? Well, even though the traditional boats are called canoes from Quilty and southwards in County Clare, the boats we built were currachs, so...
Loads of pictures available of the currach building course. I've started organising them
here. If you find this page and are interested in keeping informed of updates just stick in your email adress anywhere. How ? Click on "edit" above and type away, and then click on "Save page" below. Some day, even building currachs will be this simple.
The Absolutely Ultimate List of Currach Links
- Meitheal Mara, the top men and women down in Cork who teach currach-building/racing/eating/drinking/sleeping. Think Al Qaeda, take away all the death and ugly stuff, these people believe in currachs.
- West Clare Currachs a community based currach/canoe building group, currently ( Jan 2005 ) building and race training.
People to infom of updates:
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ColmOGairbhith - 17 Jan 2005
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