Mac Carthaigh, Criostoir.

Traditional Boats of Ireland. History, Folklore and Construction.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. 27cm x 27cm. ix, 658 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

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The story of traditonal boats reveals much about Ireland’s social and economic history – how its people harnessed the sea’s resources, and how new ideas, along with people, goods and animals, were carried throughout its extensive inland and coastal waters.

Ireland’s diverse marine environments have given rise to a variety of boat types: flat-bottomed craft still dominate inland waters, while smoooth hulled ‘skin’ boats (curachs) have for generations inhabited exposed coasts unsuited to large sailing craft. Viking-style clinker sailing yawls characterised the north and east coasts, while in the south and west, great carvel-built hookers were once commonplace. Many examples of traditional craft still form part of the fabric of coastal and inland water communities – as work boats or pleasure boats. Sadly, many now lie idle in harbours or on slipways, hauled up on the shores of lakes or hidden from view by foliage along the banks of rivers.

This study draws substantially on local knowledge and oral history, as well as archival and contemporary material, to provide a detailed account of traditional craft, from the nineteenth century to the present day. It is a story that will appeal to the specialist and general reader alike, and to all whose lives are touched in different ways by the power and wonder of the sea.

Irish Vernacular Boats, Irish Fisheries, the Norway Yawl in Ireland, The Donegal Punt, Lough Foyle Punts, BIM, Lobster Boats, Aranmore Island, The Achill Yawl, The Galway Hooker.

Boat Building and related trades. The Annaghdown Disaster, the Galway Hooker Revival, the Curach Adhmaid, the Galway Bay ‘Flat’. The Gandelow (A Shannon Estuary Fishing Boat), boats of Dingle Fishery. Working Boats of the South Coast Fishery. The Lobster Boats of Heir Island and Roaringwater Bay. The Mackerel Yawls of Oilean Cleire and Roaringwater Bay. The Sand Boats of Ballydehob. West Cork Lugsail Yawls. Six-Oar Racing Gigs of West Cork. West Cork Boat Builders. Two hundred years of boat building in Kinsale. Working boats of Cork Harbour. The origins of the Irish Hooker. The growth of commercial fishing in County Waterford. Traditional boats of the Waterford Estuary.

The Rosslare Herring Cots. The Arklow Yawl. Pilot Boats, Hobblers and Skiffs of Dublin Bay. Long-Line Fishermen of Howth. Traditional fishing boats of the River Boyne Estuary. Traditional boats of Dundalk Bay. The Boyne River Curach. The Donegal Curachs. Curachs of the Connemara Coast. Curachs of the Clare Coast. The Kerry Naomhog.

River Cots of the Southeast. The Sailing Cot or ‘Gabbard’ of the River Slaney. Bundle Rafts in Ireland. Turf Boats of the Inland Waters.

No comprehensive study has previously been made of Ireland’s heritage of vernacular boats, and it was feared that many of them were on the point of disappearing without trace. The results of this unique project have been brought together and edited by Criostoir Mac Carthaigh, UCD, with the assistance of Donal MacPolin, illustrator and maritime history researcher. Lines and construction plans, archival and modern photographs and illustrations, historical documents, local tradition and folklore, all combine to piece together the story of Ireland’s traditional boats.
Contibutors Include:
Paddy Barry, Jarlath Cunnane, Padraic de Bhaldraithe, Seamus Fitzgerald, Daniel M. Graham, Joe Hogan, Cormac Levis, Holger Christian Lonze, James Kilbane, Donal Lynch, Criostoir Mac Carthaigh, Harry Madill, Dr. Seamus Mac Philib, Donal MacPolin, Charley McCarthy, Michael McCaughan, Jim McInerney, Gary Mac Mahon, Gillian Mills, Bairbre Ni Fhloinn, Brian O Carra, Padraig O Duinnin, Donncha O Gallchobhair, Claidhbh O Gibne, Coilin O hIarnain, Ruairi O hUiginn, Sylvester O Muiri, Ruaidhri O Tuairisg, Jim Rees, Arthur Reynolds, Kevin Rickard, Dick Scott, Hal Sisk, John R. Thuillier, Darina Tully, Michael Tyrrell, Rionach ui Ogain.

• Keywords: Boat building · Boatbuilding · Boatbuilding in Ireland · Boats History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Irish History – Rare · Maritime History · Maritime History – Rare · Traditional Boatbuilding in Ireland · Traditional Boats (Ireland) · Travel & Expedition – Rare · Travel and Exploration · Travel Ireland – Rare · Wooden Boats (Ireland)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781905172399
• Inventory Number: 40011AB

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