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  • BIM 26 Footers - Belderrig, Co Mayo

    BIM 26 Footers - Belderrig, Co Mayo

    Picture taken in Belderrig Co Mayo pier 1964. 4 new 26 foot timber boats (known as BIM 26 footers) With a 8 ...
  • Boatbuilding in Pulgloss, Louisburgh, Co Mayo

    Boatbuilding in Pulgloss, Louisburgh, Co Mayo

    A reconstruction of the traditional dwelling and boat-wright yard of the McHale family at Pulgloss, Louisburgh, Co. Mayo Ireland as ...
  • Boatbuilding near Louisburgh

    Boatbuilding near Louisburgh

    This an article I wrote for the Louisburgh Parish magazine, “An Choinneall” for the 2014 edition.
  • Currach as work of art (1)

    Currach as work of art (1)

    A painting on a housewall in Dingle.
  • Currach as work of art (2)

    Currach as work of art (2)

    The Dingle Currach survives as a piece of art. This stainless steel model is made pretty close to the original ...
  • Fanad Currachs, Co. Donegal

    Fanad Currachs, Co. Donegal

  • Fenit - Little Samphire Lighthouse

    Fenit - Little Samphire Lighthouse

    Introduction Since 1854 Little Samphire Island Lighthouse (An Fhianait Teach Solais) has served as a navigation light for Tralee Bay. Construction ...
  • From Achill to Australia- The tale of Keiron's Currach

    From Achill to Australia- The tale of Keiron's Currach

    Our friend Keiron Ginnelly, here in Fremantle Western Australia, spent his early formative years in Dooega, Achill Island. His family ...
  • McCann boatyard records

    McCann boatyard records

    All the records of McCann boatyard activities (orders, invoices and correspondence/record books ) including correspondence from Lord Mountbatten thanking the ...
  • Memories of Tremone Bay, County Donegal

    Memories of Tremone Bay, County Donegal

    These are the memories of Neil McFeely of boating and shipping along the eastern coast of the Inishowen peninsula, county ...
  • Memories of Zulu luggers in Mullaghmore

    Memories of Zulu luggers in Mullaghmore

    The Last of the Windjammers The greatest era of sail in the Northwest was introduced to Mullaghmore c.1913 when, with the ...
  • Michael Walsh and Michael Madden Currach Making

    Michael Walsh and Michael Madden Currach Making

    My grand uncle Michael “Bobby”Walsh was a boat and Currach builder from Inishturk south, he mover to the mainland near ...
  • Morgan McMahon's Boating History

    Morgan McMahon's Boating History

    My grand father was Morgan McMahon of Limerick (rip), who had a great passion for boats and the sea. My father ...
  • Net-fishing for salmon on the River Fergus, at Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    Net-fishing for salmon on the River Fergus, at Clarecastle, Co. Clare

    The boat used by the Clarecastle net-fishermen for many years was known as a gandalow, a design of boat used ...
  • Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    Oughterard Boat Builder -Tommy Mallon

    Larch and oak Tommy Mallon standing beside a Carval built fishing boat. Tommy built 9-10 of these boats in the 1970s ...
  • Remembering our West of Ireland Boats

    Remembering our West of Ireland Boats

    Did you grow up in a fishing community, was your family involved in boat building or have you a memory ...
  • Shannon Pilots

    Shannon Pilots

    My family (on my mother’s side) hail from Scattery Island on the Shannon. My Uncle, Grandfather, Great Grandfather were Marine ...
  • The heritage of Lonehort Harbour, Bere Island.

    The heritage of Lonehort Harbour, Bere Island.

    Lonehort Harbour is on the eastern end of Bere Island. The place name Lonehort / Longphort is of Norse origin ...
  • The marriage of Shipwrights and Lighthouse Keepers.

    The marriage of Shipwrights and Lighthouse Keepers.

    I come from a family of shipwrights and lighthouse keepers. My great great grandfather, a shipwright, left Kilkenny for Ayrshire, ...
  • The Second Life of 'Lily Doreen'

    The Second Life of 'Lily Doreen'

    In this document written in the 1980s, Brendan McMahon recounts how his father, Morgan McMahon, came to purchase a 45 ...
  • Traditional boat construction (Naimhòg) sometimes called a canoe at Maharees

    Traditional boat construction (Naimhòg) sometimes called a canoe at Maharees

    Photo shows three generations of the Leary family (Murt, Michael & Monty) , Maharees , Co Kerry , naomhòg makers ...
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