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There is a HUGE amount of book here for the $90 price tag. And, it's imported from Eire... so now is not the time to procrastinate. Printed four-color throughout on heavyweight stock, this book covers it all. Just take a look at the through table of contents....
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
Irish Vernacular Boats
Irish Fisheries
The Great Spring Mackeral Fisheries
Boats, Boatmen and the Oral Tradition
NORTH COAST REGION
The Norway Yawl in Ireland
Portstewart-From Sail to Motor
The Donegal Punt
Lough Foyle Punts
The BIM Lobster Boat
The Aranmore Island 'Flat'
WEST COAST REGION
The Archill Yawl
The Galway Hooker
Boat Building and Related Trades
An Capall
The Annaghdown Disaster
The Galway Hooker Revival
The Curach Adhmaid
The Galway Bay 'Flat'
The Gandelow
Boats of the Dingle Fishery
SOUTH COAST REGION
Working Boats of the South Coast Fishery
The Lobster Boats of Heir Island and Roaringwater Bay
The Mackeral Yawls of Oilean Cleire and Roaringwater Bay
The Sand Boats of Ballydehob
West Cork Lugsail Yawls
Six-Oar Racing Gigs of West Cork
West Cork Boat Builders
Saoirse and Her Cousin
Seine Boats of the South-West Coast
Two Hundred Years of Boat Building in Kinsale
Working Boats of Cork Harbour
The Strange Origins of the Irish Hooker
The Growth of Commercial Fishing in County Waterford
Traditional Boats of the Waterford Estuary
EAST COAST REGION
The Rosslare Herring Cots
The Arklow Yawl
Pilot Boats, Hobblers and Skiffs of Dublin Bay
The Long-Line Fishermen of Howth
Traditional Fishing Boats of the River Boyne Estuary
Traditional Boats of Dundalk Bay
IRISH SKIN BOATS
Introduction
From Baskets to Boats
The Boyne River Curach
The Donegal Curachs
Curachs of the Connacht Coast
Curachs of the Clare Coast
The Kerry Naomhog
INLAND WATERWAYS
River Cots of the Southeast
The Sailing Cot or 'Gabbard' of the River Slaney
Bundle Rafts in Ireland
Turf Boats of the Inland Waters
APPENDICES
Lines and Construction Plans
List of Sources
A Glossary of Standard Nautical Terms
Nautical Terms in the Irish Language
A Glossary of Vernacular Nautical Terms
Photographic Credits
List of Contributors
Index
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