MEMBERS of GLENUA & FRIENDS
2013/14 LECTURE SERIES
Traditional Boats of Ireland Book Project
by
Darina Tully
TUESDAY 4 February 2014
at 20:00
in
Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club,
Ringsend
Entry €5 in aid of RNLI
The Traditional Boats of Ireland Boat Book Project, completed in 2008, was a unique undertaking that brought together Sailors, Historians, Engineers, Historians, Folklorists, Archaeologists and Marine Architects to record Ireland’s vernacular boating heritage.
Ireland has a wide variety of traditional boats, from small fishing boats, inland industrial craft, former sailing work boats and various skin boats along with examples of important heritage craft. This talk will give some background to the Book Project and bring you on a tour of Ireland showing you the wide variety of boats reflecting our rich maritime history and culture.
Darina Tully is a maritime archaeologist. She has spent over two decades recording small traditional boats and fisheries. She is co-ordinator of Maritime Archaeology Studies at Saor-Ollscoil na hÉireann and has studied at the University of Ulster and St Andrews University. She has been involved in a number of related projects and publications.