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The Irish currach folk

Title
The Irish currach folk / Richard Mac Cullagh.
Author
Mac Cullagh, Richard.
Publication
Dublin : Wolfhound Press, 1992.

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Description
192 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
Recounts the history and current life of the Irish and Scottish maritime culture and their currach, which evolved from a small skin-covered boat to a large sea-going vessel while spreading from prehistoric Galicia on the Iberian Peninsula through the British Isles and Iceland to the Viking settlements in Greenland. Well illustrated in black-and-white. Of interest to serious scholars of Celtic or maritime history, and accessible to general readers.
Alternative Title
Currach folk
Subject
  • Boats and boating > Ireland > History
  • Boats and boating
  • Geschichte
  • Seeschifffahrt
  • Ireland
  • Iren
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 188) and index.
Contents
Foreword / John de Courcy -- Ireland -- 1. Oceanus -- 2. first people in Ireland -- 3. Spanish connection -- 4. evolution of the currach -- 5. Atlantis and the Isles of the Blessed -- 6. Ireland: Celtic outpost of the west -- 7. Dal Riada and the mission of Colm Cille -- 8. currach and the emergence of Brittany -- 9. oceanic quest -- 10. Iceland and Greenland currach voyages -- 11. way of a currach in the sea -- 12. Riders to the sea -- 13. Currach folk and art forms -- 14. Death in the wind -- 15. Tory Island and Donegal currach lore -- 16. Inishmurray -- 17. Currach coast: Inishkeas to Clare Island -- 18. Death of an island -- 19. Wild currach voyages: the Aran Islands -- 20. Blasket currach folk -- 21. Derry-Iona currach voyage, 1963 -- 22. Some modern currach voyages -- 23. Modern currach racing -- 24. Coracles and river craft -- 25. making of Man of Aran -- Appendix 1: Main currach types, and technical notes -- Appendix 2: Crew and sailing details of 1963 currach voyage to Iona -- Appendix 3: Navigation notes -- Lough Foyle to Iona -- Appendix 4: 'The currach race' by Liam O'Flaherty.
ISBN
  • 0863273416
  • 9780863273414
LCCN
93107422
OCLC
  • ocm27962013
  • 27962013
  • SCSB-2004431
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library