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Carrrigaholt Regatta June 15th
After a gap of over 20 years the Carrigaholt Regatta was run again. A great success with 6 races, crews form Magahrees as welll as Connemara and Clare competed
Next Regatta is Kilbaha All Ireland Racing Finals on July 12 and 13th. Two days racing with teams from all over Ireland taking part.
Ocean to City Race
8 boats from Clare entered and in near perfect conditions completed the 15 mile course. Kilrush team beat the Coonagh team by a narrow margin.
Check This year - 2008 for upcoming events on Clare Coast
All Ireland Currach Racing Finals in Kilbaha, Co Clare on July 12th and 13th
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
After a gap of over 20 years the Carrigaholt Regatta was run again. A great success with 6 races, crews form Magahrees as welll as Connemara and Clare competed
Next Regatta is Kilbaha All Ireland Racing Finals on July 12 and 13th. Two days racing with teams from all over Ireland taking part.
Ocean to City Race
8 boats from Clare entered and in near perfect conditions completed the 15 mile course. Kilrush team beat the Coonagh team by a narrow margin.
Check This year - 2008 for upcoming events on Clare Coast
All Ireland Currach Racing Finals in Kilbaha, Co Clare on July 12th and 13th
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
