2007-01-30 08:59:29 · 7 answers · asked by bljg 1 in Travel ➔ Ireland ➔ Other - Ireland
The Galway Hooker! With their distinctive red sails, here are some pictures.. there is one on this page somewhere http://www.monasette.com/archive/2005_07.html and some more http://www.roundstone-connemara.com/fest_regatta.htm
2007-01-31 02:57:31 · answer #1 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A currach is not a really a sailboat its used inshore mainly powered by oars nowadays outboard engines .
Traditional saliing boats used on the west coast would be Galway Hookers ,these were most prominent in Connemara for fishing & transporting goods like Turf , Seaweed to and from the Islands
2007-01-30 09:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by smartass 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It has to be a Galway Hooker, a very distinctive and traditional sailing boat. It's a wide beamed boat that is built locally, though I'm pretty sure they are not made commercially!
2007-01-30 10:50:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr Knowledge is correct but the type of boat he refers to is called a Currach. They are a light skin covered boat made primarily from willow rods they have no keel. The first written record of them was made in 100bc by Julius Ceasar
2007-01-30 09:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Galway Hooker
2007-01-30 10:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by strictmom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The boats used are called curahs its Irish
2007-01-30 09:09:36 · answer #6 · answered by No1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dublin
2007-01-30 09:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by ill take it straight with no ice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋