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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.
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 March 2020 the Naval Service provided the vessel to the HSE as a testing centre to be docked at Galway as part of Irish response to the coronavirus pandemic. [9]In September 2023, LÉ William Butler Yeats was involved in the interception of MV Matthew, a bulk carrier, that was found to be carrying 2,253 kg (4,967 lb) of cocaine, worth €173 million.
Arvor 250 Inland Patrol Boat 2007 1 Targa 31 Colm na Cora Inland Patrol Boat [10] 2000 1 Osprey Rigid Inflatable Boat 1996 3 Delta Inflatable Boat 2007 1 Zodiac Inflatable Boat 1999 3 Zodiac Inflatable Boat 2013 5 Other Inflatable Boats 2009 - 2011 [11]
Jeanie Johnston is a replica of a three-masted barque that was originally built in Quebec, Canada, in 1847 by the Scottish-born shipbuilder John Munn.The replica Jeanie Johnston performs a number of functions: it is an ocean-going sail training vessel at sea, and in port, it converts into a living history museum on 19th century emigration and, in the evenings, is used as a corporate event venue.
Asgard, 1960 Dublin Docks. The newly restored Asgard at Collins Barracks. Taken at official opening, 9 August 2012. In 1961, she was located in the River Truro, Cornwall by the journalist Liam MacGabhann [10] after lobby, the Irish Government procured the ageing vessel and returned her to Howth on 30 July 1961 in a re-enactment of the 1914 landing, using some of the original rifles and ...
Fenian Ram was armed with a 9-inch (229 mm) pneumatic gun some 11 feet (3.4 m) long, mounted along the boat's centerline and firing forward out of her bow. It operated like modern submarine torpedo tubes: a watertight bow cap was normally kept shut, allowing the 6-foot-long (1.8 m) dynamite-filled steel projectiles to be loaded into the tube ...
A full-size replica of a Boeing 314 flying boat. Flying boat use started to change following the construction and opening in 1942 of Shannon Airport on flat bogland on the northern bank of the Shannon River estuary. Foynes flying-boat station closed in 1946. A college for the learning of the Irish language was opened in the former terminal in 1954.