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Traditional Boyne Currach
Wicker boats, in the past, have long been acknowledged as the backbone for human expansion along North Western Europe’s Atlantic coast.
Here at the Boyne Currach Centre our aims are to conserve and develop the tradition of wicker boat building in the Boyne Valley and to revive the traditional crafts and skills associated with it, such as oak bark tanning, weaving hazel rods and flint knapping.
And although our own traditional wicker currach was made redundant from netting wild salmon earlier last century, it continues to be an integral piece of the jigsaw representing both our tangible and intangible cultural heritage, worth preserving for future generations.
Here at the Boyne Currach Centre our aims are to conserve and develop the tradition of wicker boat building in the Boyne Valley and to revive the traditional crafts and skills associated with it, such as oak bark tanning, weaving hazel rods and flint knapping.
And although our own traditional wicker currach was made redundant from netting wild salmon earlier last century, it continues to be an integral piece of the jigsaw representing both our tangible and intangible cultural heritage, worth preserving for future generations.