It is a day of reverent pilgrimage with the celebrant of the Mass bringing the Blessed Sacrament to the island in a special currach. ❋ John (2009)
Eitive and Glen Urcha has deprived the country of all the trees of sufficient size to cross the strait of Brandir; and it is probable that the currach was not introduced till the want of timber had disenabled the inhabitants of the country from maintaining a bridge. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They call it Portawherry, from the wherry in which Columba came; though, when they shew the length of his vessel, as marked on the beach by two heaps of stones, they say, ‘Here is the length of the currach,’ using the Erse word. ❋ Unknown (2006)
[234] In Irish _corrac_, pr. _corrach_ or _currach_. ❋ John O'Rourke (N/A)
He came in his currach, with the scholar's belt and book-satchel, to learn divine wisdom in this remote school of the sea. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
And the young and gentle Ciaran, having got his abbot's blessing, entered his currach and sailed away for the mainland. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
He and his twelve companions crossed the sea in a currach of wickerwork covered with hides. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
His identity could be best determined by showing him standing near the shell-strewn shore, with currach hard by, and the Celtic cross and ruins of lona in the background. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
This skin boat or coracle or currach still survives on the rivers of Wales and the west coast of ❋ Ellen Churchill Semple (1897)
But bad as the night was, a man of the Fomor, Ciach, the Fierce One, his name was, came over the western ocean in a currach, with two oars, and he drew it into the cave for shelter. ❋ Lady Gregory (1892)
They call it Portawherry, from the wherry in which Columba came; though, when they shew the length of his vessel, as marked on the beach by two heaps of stones, they say, 'Here is the length of the currach,' using the Erse word. ❋ James Boswell (1767)
During the summer, you can enjoy the traditional boating festivals from currach racing to hooker racing. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Layer will perform Irish composer Shaun Davey's "Brendan Voyage," inspired by historian Tim Severin's 1976 effort to retrace, in a currach, or leather-skin boat, the voyage of St. Brendan, Abbot of Clonfert, from County Kerry across the Atlantic to Newfoundland in 530. ❋ Unknown (2010)
I am confused about 'corach' which the OED knows as an alternative spelling of 'currach' or 'coracle' - a small wicker boat used in ancient times in Scotland and Ireland - hardly the usage here. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Ninety minutes into Blood of the Irish (RTE1), a two-part investigation into how our ancestors got here, presenter Diarmuid Gavin sat in an ocean-tossed currach and was suddenly convinced that these early migrants must have "come by boat". ❋ Unknown (2009)
They had put to sea at about 8. 30am yesterday from the local pier at Aughris, setting out in an open currach to make a regular check on lobster pots. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The alarm was not raised until a couple of hours later when other local fishermen passed by and spotted the upturned currach on the rocks. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Just before 5pm, the body of Fechine Mulkerrin was recovered by local divers who had been concentrating their efforts on the area close to where the currach was discovered. ❋ Unknown (2009)
