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A currach (Irish: curach [ˈkʊɾˠəx]) is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual. It is sometimes anglicised as "curragh". The construction and design of the currach are unique to the west coasts of Ireland.
David Chambers, known by his professional pseudonym Blindboy Boatclub, is an Irish satirist, musician, podcaster, author, and TV presenter. Boatclub is from Limerick and is best known as one half of the Irish comedy hip-hop group The Rubberbandits, who wear plastic shopping bags as masks to conceal their identities. He regularly discusses ...
These boats became known as 'Boston Hookers', 'Irish Cutters' (in official reports), or 'Paddy Boats'. [2] While a utilitarian boat, suited for the shallow waters of Galway Bay and being capable of being beached where necessary, the Galway Hooker is prone to being swamped and sinking in a short time in the absence of a cabin and high freeboard.
In April 2016 WestPac Express was sold to Irish Continental Group, who continued to lease it to the Military Sealift Command until the end of 2017. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] With its charter to the US Navy completed, in January 2018 WestPac Express arrived in Belfast for refurbishment at Harland & Wolff to replace the Jonathan Swift on Irish Ferries ...
Two Arklow schooners, Cymric and Gaelic, were built by William Thomas in Amlwch. Cymric was launched in March 1893. [9] Gaelic was launched in March 1898. [10] They were built as barquentines, [i] In Arklow, the preferred sail configuration was the double top sailed schooner. [5]
1.1 Irish Naval Service. 1.2 Garda Síochána. 1.3 Revenue Commissioners. ... Arvor 250 Inland Patrol Boat 2007 1 Targa 31 Colm na Cora Inland Patrol Boat [5] 2000 1
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The Naomh Éanna was constructed in 1958 at the Liffey Dockyard in Dublin and as of 2014 was one of the oldest Irish-built ships remaining in Ireland. [1]Along with similar vessels the MV Cill Airne and its exact replica, the MV Blarna (both commissioned 1961), she was one of the last riveted-hull ships built in Europe and one of the last ships to be built in the Liffey Dockyards.