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Poulnasherry Turf Cot
This June 08 we initiated a dig to take measurements and drawings of what was the last Poulnasherry Turf Cot to work in Poulnasherry Bay. This boat had an important job to carry turf out from under Blackweir Bridge to bigger sailing turf Boats further out in the bay.
Jim Blackhall, now in his late 90's remembers loading turf on this boat. It was then poled out to larger sailing turf boats anchored in deeper waters
It is over 35 feet in length and 9 foot beam.
This boat was built locally and gives an insight into a time when hundreds of wooden sailing boats were the preferred choice of transport on the Shannon Estuary.
At one stage over 20 sailing turf boats worked out of Pounasherry carring what was described in 1837 as "vast quantities of turf up to Limerick"
This June 08 we initiated a dig to take measurements and drawings of what was the last Poulnasherry Turf Cot to work in Poulnasherry Bay. This boat had an important job to carry turf out from under Blackweir Bridge to bigger sailing turf Boats further out in the bay.
Jim Blackhall, now in his late 90's remembers loading turf on this boat. It was then poled out to larger sailing turf boats anchored in deeper waters
It is over 35 feet in length and 9 foot beam.
This boat was built locally and gives an insight into a time when hundreds of wooden sailing boats were the preferred choice of transport on the Shannon Estuary.
At one stage over 20 sailing turf boats worked out of Pounasherry carring what was described in 1837 as "vast quantities of turf up to Limerick"
