Skerries Currach Short Film | Traditional Irish boat building
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- čas přidán 26. 09. 2018
- The Currach is a type of traditional Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins, canvas or in this case, ballistic nylon can be stretched over. This short film documents the history, planning, construction and launch of Currach Na Sceiri (Skerries Currach).
Typically found on the west coast of Ireland, and sadly declining in numbers, Shane Holland decided to keep the tradition alive and designed a unique, hybrid version encompassing the best features from the traditional boats.
Filmed in Skerries, North County Dublin, Ireland.
Music: "Inisheer" by Leo Rickard from the album, Up, Down & Around.
Filmed & Edited by Mark Broderick.
Thanks to all our friends and family who helped us with this project in their own special way.
#irelandsancienteast @IrelandsAncientEast #currach #skiff #rowing #traditional #irelandswaw @irelandswaw #skerries
I have built 2 of these craft in England ,one was part of a 3 man team the second I built it in my back garden. I learned the skills from Holgar Lonze a sculpture living in 😢 Ireland who took a strong interest in these types mof craft.
Here after reading a novel having Currach as a symbol of hope and optimism.
Very beautiful movie and work.
Skerries, Basically A Mini Viking Longboat.
Maby, Maby, Viking Longboats Got Their Iconic Design, After Vikings Made It To Vineland/Canada.!
After Encountering The Native River Boats, Adapted The Design For International Sea Travel.!
Realising, This Was A Stunning, Practical, Light, &, Very Manouveral Boat, Design, Was Icing On The Cake.!
Love Those, Round Calf Leather Willow Boats, That You Neal Inside, They Are Cool AsF.!
Cool Though.
God bless you for building this boat your ancestors are proud and smiling
This is the kind of boat i could see hitting off hugely in the U.S as well
Just happened on this while researching something. I grew up currach fishing with my father here in west Mayo. Funny enough my fathers generation in our area called them ‘canoes’ ( pronounced can-oh) Like: “ will we take out the can-oh” . I’ve always wanted to make one. An old neighbor I watched used to light a fire outside and placed a long cast iron pipe over it. He placed the laths ( pretty sure they were hardwood) in the pipe and kept water inside. The hot water/ steam allowed bending of the laths. Might do it as a ‘men’s shed’ project 🤔
Perfect Mens Shed project, thanks
Great project, bringing the currach to the Irish Sea, fair play lads
Thanks David
What a fascinating and uplifting video. Thanks very much
Congrats to Shane, Frank, Teddy, Dermot, Kevin and everyone else involved. Great job. Oh, and a great film by Mark.
Cheers George, glad you like it.
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This should have more views!
I Agree, cheers
Before coming to America (Cleveland), my grandfather, Anthony J. Cafferkey (McCafferty) would transport goods back and forth from Achill Island, County Mayo to the Aran Islands. He would recount detailed and colorful stories of the transport of peat and whiskey for wool. Sometimes, the Aran Islands suffered the curse of excessive evaporation of the whiskey. Good news. The peat stayed intact.
Absolutely brilliant......
Thanks Michae
Fantastic story very inspiring
Thanks Conor
Great job!
Thanks
Greetings from the Schooner Dirigo II, at anchor here in Mexico..we have an irish woman on board.....Nice, interesting doc...
Super, enjoy the trip.
Beautiful, inspiring film 👍
Thanks Gavan
Enjoyable film.
Thanks
Hello I’m from navan in county Meath I’m 15 I do a lot of carpentry work I’m plannning on building a currach based on the Galway style and a replica from the cleggan disaster
I bought a copy of the old book (no longer in print) on Amazon “British coracles and Irish curraghs”
it's available now in PDF format online under ;
www.texascoritani.com/British_Coracles_and_Irish_Curraghs.pdf , a great reference and well worth the look.It has all the plans in reduced format but with dimensions.You can see more of these on my website WWW.IRISHHARPS.NET/BOATBUILDING or on www.boynemarine.com
I have recently moved from Wicklow to the north shore of Massachusetts to a place I call Tír Breandain after the first European to land here. I am building a currach. I would love to talk to these men about how they like the nylon as opposed to canvass. Is fear lámh lán de ceird ná mala lán d’ór
Great work ,the thin lats were probably not converted from the log properly ,that's why so many cracked ,but even so great job
Likely purchased from a lumber yard unfamiliar with boat building?
The skeleton of the boat is far more detailed than I would have expected.Very densely arranged.The oars of a curragh are very interesting and so simple.The lack of blade means less purchase in the water to propel the vessel but maybe in rough Atlantic seas the unbladed oar catches less crabs and helps oarsmen stay together more which also propels the boat.Just a theory.Would be interested to find out.
That's it, idea is to prevent waves hitting the blades with too much force
the narrow blade DOES prevent 'catching a crab' and also reduces the affect of wind on the uplifted oar blade, but the curach oar actually has as much - or more - wetted-surface area than a conventional oar blade. (each oar of my 21' Kerry Naomhog has 108 square inches wsa)
the loose fit of the thole pin in the oar creates an offset of 3°-5°, which means that the oar enters and leaves the water with minimal turbulence, and during the 'power stroke' the blade acts like an airplane wing : the water flows across the front* (flat) and rear (curved) surfaces at different speeds. this laminar flow provides additional thrust - so you're literally getting more performance out of the oar than the mere effort of pulling a first-class lever. Truly cutting-edge performance from a simple design!
Here on the west coast of Canada We've been building curachai (mostly naomhoga, but I've also built a few Aran boats) and experimenting with their design and performance for around 20 years.
Great video, thanks for sharing. Did you ever publish the lines for this build?
where can I get a copy of the plans for the currach ?
There are no plans as such, but there ARE sources which list the materials and measurements, and explain the sequence of construction.
1)Byde, Allan, St Caoman. 2 part article in AFLOAT! Magazine. Part One: September 1993, Part Two; May 1994.
2.Hornell, James, the Curraghs of Ireland. 1973. The Society for Nautical Research c/o the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. (Reprint of 3 articles which first appeared in The Mariner’s Mirror issues of January 1937, April 1937 and January 1938.
These vids show most of the construction sequence:
(czcams.com/video/E1uTlZH2HJ8/video.html
(czcams.com/video/tq0nmVVokrU/video.html
..and here are two builder's journals on FB:
(facebook.com/robert.j.macdonald.31/media_set?set=a.10151463551720194&type=3
(facebook.com/robert.j.macdonald.31/media_set?set=a.10151504287080194&type=3
Good Luck!
I bought a copy of the old book (no longer in print) on Amazon “British coracles and Irish curraghs”
it's available now in PDF format online under ;
www.texascoritani.com/British_Coracles_and_Irish_Curraghs.pdf , a great reference and well worth the look.It has all the plans in reduced format but with dimensions.You can see more of these on my website WWW.IRISHHARPS.NET/BOATBUILDING or on www.boynemarine.com
@@janmuylllaert4266 thanks very much. I found it quite difficult finding worthwhile details but the link you included is great i look forward to reading it and will look up your web site too.
A trim and beautiful boat. Have you started another yet? And the rowing - has it improved? I was in west Clare in the late 80s and saw currachs in Liscannor and Doolin. Wonderful film. Congratulations and thanks!
But the rowing lad....
Andy, the group has nearly completed their third boat, this one has ribs made of nature willow spars
@@MarkBroderickVideos I'm interested in the woods used. So the willow is used because of the flex?
@@andyquinn1125 yes, and it's ability to bend to form the curved shape
always after me Lucky Charms
Anyone know where a person might purchase plans for building a Currach?
Try a book called the Boyne Currach
Ar fheabhas!
Thanks
Where are the plans?
Call that a currach??
That place has no tradition of currachaí
If you want to see the real thing, come to west Galway
great film. well done mark.
Mary Broderick thanks Mary