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12ft punt
A. K. Ilen
Aigh Vie - Manx Nobby
Curach Adhmaid
Currach - Blasket Island
Currach - Inisheer Island
Currach - Inishturk Island
Currach - Inishkea Island
Currach - Scattery Island
Drontheim 
Fishing Smack - Richard Hall
Free State
Galway hooker
Galway Hooker - Gleoiteog
Hanorah - Heir Island lobster Boat
Kerry Naomhóg
Kinsale Hooker
Lake Angling Boat - Lough Corrib
Lough Erne YC - Model 1
Lough Erne YC - Model 2
Lough Erne YC - Model 3
Lough Erne YC - Model 4
Lough Erne YC - Model 5
Lough Erne YC - Model 6
Lough Erne YC - Model 7
Lough Erne YC - Model 8
Lough Erne YC - Model 9
Naomh Brigid
Naomh Lua
Rankin dinghy
Saoirse
Seine Follower Boat
Tern - Hegarty Lobster Boat
Three Hand Kerry Naomhog - Model
Topaz - Manx Nobby
Water Nymph 1885
West Cork Mackerel Yawl
Boatbuilders
 
Jimmy Furey
Walter Levigne
McDonalds - Model 1
McDonalds - Model 2
McDonalds - Model 3
McDonalds - Model 4
McDonalds - Model 5
Tyrells - 35ft Motor Fishing Vessel
Tyrells - Model 1
Tyrells - Model 2
Tyrells - Model 3
Tyrells - Model 4
Tyrells - Model 5
Tyrells - Model 6
Tyrells - Model 7
Tyrells - Model 8
Tyrells - Model 9
Tyrells - Shipwright
Daingean Museum Store
 
Four Oared Boat
Two-masted carvel-built boat
GreenCastle Museum
 
GreenCastle Museum Model 1
GreenCastle Museum Model 2
GreenCastle Museum Model 3
GreenCastle Museum Model 4
Turlough Park Museum
 
Currach Collection
Museum Interior


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Recorded Boats from the Inland Waterways of Ireland

A two-man Lough Corrib angling boat of traditional design, mostly replaced by fibreglass boats now.

 

 


Recording of this vessel has been part funded

by the Heritage Council of Ireland

The workshop of the renowned boatbuilder Jimmy Furey, at Mount Plunkett on the shores of Lough Ree, County Roscommon. Jimmy is well known for building lake boats as well as Shannon One Design sailing boats, at 86 years is currently building a Water Wag sailing dinghy with the assistance of Cathy MacAleavey. 3D scan of the first Shannon One Design Jimmy built, Hull no 108, as well as a rowing boat originally built by Jimmy's father.

 

 


Recording of this vessel has been part funded

by the Heritage Council of Ireland

The boatbuilding workshop of Walter Levigne (1894-1982) at Coosan, County Westmeath, remains unaltered since Walter passed away in 1982 and still contains two completed but never launched boats. Both of these lake boats, one clinker and one carvel as well as a 12ft punt and the mould for the carvel angling boat were 3D laser scanned

 

 


Recording of this vessel has been part funded

by the Heritage Council of Ireland

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