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We are preparing for 2010 rowing season which will start around St Patrick's weekend with the launch of our 8 new boats and a row from Kilrush to Carrigaholt on the Shannon.
Last canoe will be built in Kilrush the last week in January. Contact james if you are interested in getting involved in the 5 day training programme (087 6523728). This is currach number eight which has been built with the help of people all around Co Clare and funded by the Clare Local Development Company through the The Salmon Hardship Fund.
This has been a hugely successful training programme under the guidance of James Madigan. All boats will be used by members of the West Clare Currach Club for decades to come.
CLUB AGM 26th Feb at 7:30 in Leon Centre, Quilty.
Our Club
This is the website for the West Clare Currach Club. We are an umbrella group for 7 local clubs and regatta committees on the Clare Coast.
With the help of Leader RRD funded training programme in 2004 we built 6 local fishing currachs of the West Clare design over a two year period involving upto 35 men and women on the Loophead peninsula. We help share the boats, cover insurance costs and get more people rowing wherever we can.
All boats are now made available to local regatta goups in Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Kilrush, Kilbaha, Doonbeg Quilty and Coonagh.
We are nearly completed a training programme to build 8 currachs around Co Clare spreading the building skills and getting more interested people out on the water rowing and learning about the rich maritime traditions of West Clare. Starting in Carrigaholt and moving onto Kilkee, Kilrush, Doonbeg, Shannon, Ballyvaughan and Scariff.
We are planning new projects for the coming year including;
Project for Eddie and Martin - This is in memory of Eddie Mc Sweeney and Martin McInerney, last two currach fishermen out of Kilkee.
We intend to build 2 man currachs as a starter boat for juvenile rowers. This currachs doesn't need a trailer and can be put on a roof rack; lighter and easier to move around. Thanks to Liz Ann and friends of West Clare Currach Club in Yonkers, New York for fundraising that is going to get this started. Details to follow.
We work cooperatively to promote our own local fishing canoes in the area and we also travel to other regattas and races such as the Great River Race in London,Events in Brittany and the Ocean to City Race in Cork.
We are interested in linking with other boat building projects where people are keeping their local boats on the water and all that that involves.
We are currently working on another project Seol Sionna to promote wooden sailing boats on the Shannon Estuary. In the past there were hundreds of wooden sailing boats carrying turf and other goods all around the Shannon and up to Limerick. We would like to bring this tradition alive again and get people back on the water to enjoy the beautiful natural environment we have in abundance.
We have the skills to build, beautiful piers and lots of interest; we are currently seeking funding to make it possible. We hope to build a 24ft gaff rigged wooden sailing boat to grace the horizon of West Clare. Any help welcome!
If you are interested in getting a currach built along the Clare design you can contact.
James Madigan on 00 353 087 6523728.
Last canoe will be built in Kilrush the last week in January. Contact james if you are interested in getting involved in the 5 day training programme (087 6523728). This is currach number eight which has been built with the help of people all around Co Clare and funded by the Clare Local Development Company through the The Salmon Hardship Fund.
This has been a hugely successful training programme under the guidance of James Madigan. All boats will be used by members of the West Clare Currach Club for decades to come.
CLUB AGM 26th Feb at 7:30 in Leon Centre, Quilty.
Our Club
This is the website for the West Clare Currach Club. We are an umbrella group for 7 local clubs and regatta committees on the Clare Coast.
With the help of Leader RRD funded training programme in 2004 we built 6 local fishing currachs of the West Clare design over a two year period involving upto 35 men and women on the Loophead peninsula. We help share the boats, cover insurance costs and get more people rowing wherever we can.
All boats are now made available to local regatta goups in Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Kilrush, Kilbaha, Doonbeg Quilty and Coonagh.
We are nearly completed a training programme to build 8 currachs around Co Clare spreading the building skills and getting more interested people out on the water rowing and learning about the rich maritime traditions of West Clare. Starting in Carrigaholt and moving onto Kilkee, Kilrush, Doonbeg, Shannon, Ballyvaughan and Scariff.
We are planning new projects for the coming year including;
Project for Eddie and Martin - This is in memory of Eddie Mc Sweeney and Martin McInerney, last two currach fishermen out of Kilkee.
We intend to build 2 man currachs as a starter boat for juvenile rowers. This currachs doesn't need a trailer and can be put on a roof rack; lighter and easier to move around. Thanks to Liz Ann and friends of West Clare Currach Club in Yonkers, New York for fundraising that is going to get this started. Details to follow.
We work cooperatively to promote our own local fishing canoes in the area and we also travel to other regattas and races such as the Great River Race in London,Events in Brittany and the Ocean to City Race in Cork.
We are interested in linking with other boat building projects where people are keeping their local boats on the water and all that that involves.
We are currently working on another project Seol Sionna to promote wooden sailing boats on the Shannon Estuary. In the past there were hundreds of wooden sailing boats carrying turf and other goods all around the Shannon and up to Limerick. We would like to bring this tradition alive again and get people back on the water to enjoy the beautiful natural environment we have in abundance.
We have the skills to build, beautiful piers and lots of interest; we are currently seeking funding to make it possible. We hope to build a 24ft gaff rigged wooden sailing boat to grace the horizon of West Clare. Any help welcome!
If you are interested in getting a currach built along the Clare design you can contact.
James Madigan on 00 353 087 6523728.
