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Galway Hooker © Donal Mac Polin Galway, Mayo, and up to Donegal’s rocky coast. All along
of poorer times, or perhaps that more of our history has the Wild Atlantic you will still find the traditional boat
been written by farmers and urban dwellers than by the festivals and people of the sea still keeping faith with
people of the sea. their tradition against all odds.
However, along the Atlantic way the sons and daughters To learn more about Ireland’s boating culture look out
of the old fishermen and some of our newer incomers are for “Traditional Boats of Ireland” compiled by Donegal
keeping the old traditions alive. You will not see many man Donal Mac Polin and Chriostóir mac Chartaigh
traditional boats among the fibreglass dream machines of UCD in Dublin. Charting the great variety of boats
of Kinsale (although a celebrated cousin of the Galway that are to be found along the Irish coast this is a
hooker once worked out of here), but look out on the comprehensive and highly engaging publication. Learn
River Lee in Cork for the currachs of ‘Meitheal Mara’. about the specific boat types in detail and marvel at the
Search out the naomhóg builders around Dingle, the many wonderful photographs from the precious archives
currach men of West Clare, the hooker men of the in UCD(University College Dublin) .
Galway Hooker Association and Bádóirí an Chladaigh
in Galway City. Look in the little coves and harbours of
Books
Traditional Boats of Ireland, ed. Críostóir Mac
Cárthaigh. 2008.
Rain on The Wind, Walter Macken. 1975.
Twenty Years A’Growing, Maurice O’Suillivan.
The Islandman, Tomás O’Crohan.
Na Saora Bád (Shipwrights) – The Galway Hooker, The
Canvas Currach, the Wooden Currach. Cian De Buitléar.
2005.
‘The Belderrig Curragh and Its People’ - Dr Breandán
Mac Conamhna.
Boat-building Websites
www.trad-boats.ie
www.seolsionna.org
Photos courtesy of the National Folklore Archives at UCC
and Loopline films.”
191
of poorer times, or perhaps that more of our history has the Wild Atlantic you will still find the traditional boat
been written by farmers and urban dwellers than by the festivals and people of the sea still keeping faith with
people of the sea. their tradition against all odds.
However, along the Atlantic way the sons and daughters To learn more about Ireland’s boating culture look out
of the old fishermen and some of our newer incomers are for “Traditional Boats of Ireland” compiled by Donegal
keeping the old traditions alive. You will not see many man Donal Mac Polin and Chriostóir mac Chartaigh
traditional boats among the fibreglass dream machines of UCD in Dublin. Charting the great variety of boats
of Kinsale (although a celebrated cousin of the Galway that are to be found along the Irish coast this is a
hooker once worked out of here), but look out on the comprehensive and highly engaging publication. Learn
River Lee in Cork for the currachs of ‘Meitheal Mara’. about the specific boat types in detail and marvel at the
Search out the naomhóg builders around Dingle, the many wonderful photographs from the precious archives
currach men of West Clare, the hooker men of the in UCD(University College Dublin) .
Galway Hooker Association and Bádóirí an Chladaigh
in Galway City. Look in the little coves and harbours of
Books
Traditional Boats of Ireland, ed. Críostóir Mac
Cárthaigh. 2008.
Rain on The Wind, Walter Macken. 1975.
Twenty Years A’Growing, Maurice O’Suillivan.
The Islandman, Tomás O’Crohan.
Na Saora Bád (Shipwrights) – The Galway Hooker, The
Canvas Currach, the Wooden Currach. Cian De Buitléar.
2005.
‘The Belderrig Curragh and Its People’ - Dr Breandán
Mac Conamhna.
Boat-building Websites
www.trad-boats.ie
www.seolsionna.org
Photos courtesy of the National Folklore Archives at UCC
and Loopline films.”
191
