Currach Regatta season for 2012 is about to take off with a row from Carrigaholt to Cappagh, Kilrush in March.
Check in here for details closer to March.

Seol Sionna boat building project is well on target with completion expected in October. Launch will take place in on May 19th 2012 in Querrin. Saturday is an open day and people are encouraged to come along and get involved.
http://www.seolsionna.org
See boat coming together on facebook / hear radio prog from all participants http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seol-Sionna/122071201159984



Our Club
This is the website for the West Clare Currach Club. We are an umbrella group for 10 local clubs and regatta committees on the Clare Coast.

With the help of Clare Local Development Comany 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.

In 2009 under the guidance of James Madigan we ran 8 training programmes around Clare and built 8 West Clare Canoes. These have now been given out to clubs where skils in handling these unique west of Ireland boats are being passed on to younger generations.

Local regatta groups are in Carrigaholt, Kilkee, Kilrush, Kilbaha,Kilmihil, Kildysert, Doonbeg Quilty Clarecastle and Coonagh.


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.

If you are interested in getting a currach built along the Clare design you can contact.

James Madigan, Chairperson on 00 353 087 6523728.