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Dec 21st 2007
Martin McInerney, affectionatley known as "The Bug", was one of the last fishermen to fish out of Kilkee in a currach. Many people met him at the slip as he came in to buy mackerel and whiting or at the Bay View corner. He passed away in December and will be sadly missed by all. RIP
(Thanks to Anne Burke for the picture)
Check This year - 2008 for upcoming events on Clare Coast
This is the website for the West Clare Currach Club. We are an umbrella group for local clubs and regatta committees on the Clare Coast.
With the help of Leader RRD funded training programme we built 6 currachs of the West Clare design over a two year period involving upto 35 men on the Loophead peninsula.
The boats are now made available to local regatta goups in Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Kilrush, Kilbaha, Doonbeg Quilty and Limerick.
These club boats have helped revive a long tradition of currach rowing in the area and have helped people link up together around the Clare coastline.
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 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.
If you are interested in getting a currach built along the Clare design you can contact James Madigan on 00 353 087 6523728.
Listen here to Seascapes coverage of the project
Tom McSweeny presenter of Seascapes covered the project on RTE Radio 1 in September 05. Takes about 8 minutes. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/story/1063428.html
Martin McInerney, affectionatley known as "The Bug", was one of the last fishermen to fish out of Kilkee in a currach. Many people met him at the slip as he came in to buy mackerel and whiting or at the Bay View corner. He passed away in December and will be sadly missed by all. RIP
(Thanks to Anne Burke for the picture)
Check This year - 2008 for upcoming events on Clare Coast
This is the website for the West Clare Currach Club. We are an umbrella group for local clubs and regatta committees on the Clare Coast.
With the help of Leader RRD funded training programme we built 6 currachs of the West Clare design over a two year period involving upto 35 men on the Loophead peninsula.
The boats are now made available to local regatta goups in Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Kilrush, Kilbaha, Doonbeg Quilty and Limerick.
These club boats have helped revive a long tradition of currach rowing in the area and have helped people link up together around the Clare coastline.
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 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.
If you are interested in getting a currach built along the Clare design you can contact James Madigan on 00 353 087 6523728.
Listen here to Seascapes coverage of the project
Tom McSweeny presenter of Seascapes covered the project on RTE Radio 1 in September 05. Takes about 8 minutes. http://www.rte.ie/radio1/story/1063428.html
