"Currach"

The history of the Currach is as old as Ireland itself. It is said that St. Brendan, “the navigator” made a voyage in a Currach which carried ten people with forty days provisions to the shores of North America. The Currach is a light wooden vessel, originally covered with animal skins now covered with canvas and tarred. They are still in use today off the western seaboard as a working vessel and for rowing competition.