Making a Boyne Currach / Coracle

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, Tom Delaney and I build a Boyne coracle.
The Boyne coracle is a traditional Irish water going craft made from woven willow or hazel rods and covered with a waterproof layer of animal hide or canvas. It has a circular shape and is designed to be propelled using a single paddle or a pair of oars. The Boyne coracle is named after the River Boyne in Ireland where it was commonly used by fishermen and ferrymen in the past. Today, the use of coracles is mostly limited to recreational activities, such as fishing and river paddling. The Boyne coracle is considered an important part of Ireland's cultural heritage and is often featured in traditional folk songs and stories.
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Big thanks to Joe Hogan for his guidance, without his help this would have been a far greater challenge. www.joehoganbaskets.com/
Also thank you to Lucy O'Hagan, for her advice with the raw cowhide. www.wildawake.ie/
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@ouldcrafty7553 Жыл бұрын

This was so much fun to make!

@EoinReardon Жыл бұрын

It was lad, We will have to make a proper sea going currach next time.

@ouldcrafty7553 Жыл бұрын

Definitely! A traditional 3 hide currach in the shape of the kerry naomh óg would be class.

@rudygfunk491 Жыл бұрын

+🍻

@mikalajones8911 Жыл бұрын

y’all are awesome 🛶

@ouldcrafty7553 Жыл бұрын

@@mikalajones8911 no you're awesome!

@Onemoarblockplz Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! As a practicer of experimental archeology, look up Alaskan natives sewing techniques- simple, and completely watertight. It'll allow you to close up those gaps in the hull!

@JackStevenson5045 Жыл бұрын

What amazes me is the number of different skills you boys have. You do the Irish proud.

@Captain_Yata Жыл бұрын

I loved the cat breaks, that was absolutely delightful

@gregskoubouris372 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing, I just started some projects after finding some old tools in my garage. because of you I found inspiration to restore and use some of my old tools. Have a great day lad

@EoinReardon Жыл бұрын

thanks for the comment. glad my videos are inspiring you.

@BarginsGalore Жыл бұрын

Incredible. Just yesterday I was reading about the goddess ceridwen and stumbled across a type of boat I’d never heard of called a coracle and of course went down a rabbit hole about how to build them. This is perfect

@dottiespringer5098 10 ай бұрын

Were you reading about Taliesin getting caught in Gwyddno's weir?

@thomasheaney2087 Ай бұрын

Well done, thanks

@KevinPereira-fe2sr Ай бұрын

I'm actually doing my thesis on the Currach. Such a fun little boat.

@everetthancock2043 Жыл бұрын

The hug after y'all ripped it out of the ground was so satisfying to watch

@ethanjohnston8839 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work, I’m waiting on seeing you cross the ocean to Canada

@coreygrua3271 5 ай бұрын

My great grandparents came from Cork. Coracles are far older of course, but I find an odd fascination with the complexities and brilliant genius found in this ancient technology. Thank you for enlightening my look back from over here in Utah, USA. And…thanks for “watching the language.”

@TerkanTyr 2 ай бұрын

I don't know if Eoin's a prude like you Utahns, but as an entirely different viewer I'd appreciate if your influence was minimal here.

@ricardoaquino1562 2 ай бұрын

Lovely work👍👍👍🙏

@ThatGuyJayDub Жыл бұрын

I just bought my first wood plane today and some saws you inspired me to build stuff out of wood and restore old tools. Im so happy I found your content you're awesome!

@CapDog47 Жыл бұрын

I saw the short video for this and I was so exited for this to come out! Love your stuff!

@elviramcintosh9878 3 ай бұрын

So that's how Reepeecheep did it! The Narnian champion in his coracle that sailed solo towards the Emperor beyond the sea. Thank you for showing us the process. Hard but fabulous! Well done. Greetings from Australia.

@steveg6060 Жыл бұрын

That's amazing fellas! Great work and great content!

@joymailed 9 ай бұрын

Im writing a novel where the character is in a boat of this type and I have never seen one, and so this will be so helpful to me to describe it and sense what it is like. Thank you for sharing.

@Miguel_Sacraaa Жыл бұрын

Great video, we need to see more of your boat-making skills in the future mate. Have a good one

@CharlesF.D.Warren-yr9zr Жыл бұрын

This is epic. Recently got the coracle books, and been scheming to make one of my own suited to the river by my house! You did a proper job on it!

@martinaubel959 Жыл бұрын

I like doing things the old ways... I recently learned the skill of meat curing and sausage making, I also enjoy wood working with hand tools as well as restoring old tools which led me to Eoin Reardon.

@3pipper Жыл бұрын

Excellent value, the only thing missing was the fire 🔥 pit copious amounts of mead and whisky with the smell of food being cooked over the fire 🔥 pit… great weekend… AND it floated… well done…

@CuriousEchidna Жыл бұрын

Both wonderfully simple and incredibly complex

@stevemoore12 Жыл бұрын

I knew I was gonna enjoy this as soon as I heard "we need at least 6 inches of topsoil"

@glenngriffon8032 Жыл бұрын

I see stuff like this and i think of Hamlet's speech, What a piece of work is man. But i mean it with admiration. Only humans could think to take a bunch of stiff but flexible reeds, weave them all together and slap a hide on the bottom to make a boat. We're amazing and terrifying and insane. The paragon of animals.

@brendanoneill6267 Жыл бұрын

About 20 years ago I saw one of those on the rte show hands and said to me self "I have to make one of those " maybe this year I might make an effort

@charlesmiller7991 Жыл бұрын

I've got books on the coracle and it's on my long list of projects I've always wanted to do. LOVED this video!

@alforliniteaching5670 Жыл бұрын

Good show.

@cr0wnin Жыл бұрын

I love this so much. You have got to be one of my favorite creators on this platform, and I wish these longer form videos would get more views. They’re so calming!

@hookiebookie1 Жыл бұрын

Ah lads that's brilliant, fair play to ye! The smile between ye at 14:07 was class haha!

@bradfields6729 Жыл бұрын

Bro! I freaking LOVE your videos, You're a cool Fella, Always wanted to check out Ireland ❤

@IrishPikeHunter Жыл бұрын

Fair play lads, awesome build😉👌

@tinahart1712 6 ай бұрын

My goodness how amazing to be taught by Joe Hogan, he has become quite a legend, that was a beautiful model you made and an amazing little boat thank you for the video ❤

@luminumII 9 ай бұрын

Why Irving Finkel at the British museum would LOVE to see this.😁 See his talk regarding noahs ark ✌️

@neilkennykenny4113 Жыл бұрын

I have never seen this type of water craft anywhere but in Ireland it's genius stuff, and you've both done excellent work 👏.

@suburbanyute340 7 ай бұрын

this is really cool.

@neach-brathaidh-fala 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic to see these crafts kept alive.

@jasonleedham5678 Жыл бұрын

great to see an Irish build, I've built a Boyne style coracle, and helped build probably 70 or so other ones (here in Wales) respect for going straight in to a hide one! my first two were calico and pitch, the third, well best we don't mention that

@ericbutler7310 10 ай бұрын

Does the hide require any kind of waterproofing?

@Chlorate299 Жыл бұрын

Your trusty Opinel had a rough time, but it did the job amazingly!

@IndieKidness Жыл бұрын

Amazing to witness - those three days were more than worth it! Love all your videos, and great to see these traditional structures (and in other videos, so many tools) kept alive. As a bushcraft enthusiast, I'm definitely going to have to find a moment to construct one myself!

@stephenburns3678 5 ай бұрын

Great information of Irish folkcraft. Thank you

@bowserpeach-eater8311 Жыл бұрын

I cut my first board in my life the other day, now I'm here watching this considering handcrafting a boat hahahahaha

@brittpeters4673 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos and have learned so much! I truly appreciate it! Went out and got myself some trusty linseed oil! Sanded an old axe handle for my brother and the linseed made it look so beautiful! Much love from Canada 🇨🇦 cheers!

@sarebear5207 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating!! Beautiful to watch

@samrustan Жыл бұрын

That is fantastic.

@EoinReardon Жыл бұрын

thanks lad

@jerryogorman5895 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@aprilwilliams364 4 ай бұрын

So amazing beautiful tribute to history

@guillermojacques6671 Жыл бұрын

Well done lads.

@Soundguydan Жыл бұрын

This is great! It was fun to watch and I learned about something new.

@danielmcnamara5273 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant lads 👏 entertaining and educational lovely to see these older ways of artistry

@zvotaisvfi8678 3 ай бұрын

wow Ireland seems cool bro

@michaelzorro2738 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work

@lugnutt66 Жыл бұрын

Awesome😎

@ronmccarty7537 Жыл бұрын

Frigging AWESOME!!!!!

@kathrynmiller7564 8 ай бұрын

You can do anything at all you try. Amazing!

@razzlethorn 9 ай бұрын

I've gotta say one of my favorite parts of these videos is how every bit of what you're saying is totally understandable to my American ears until one of the older folk how up and you all revert into the native tongue hahaha I know it's still english and I'd say I'm fairly good at understanding accents after enjoying so much media from Ireland and GB over the years, but once you guys go native I truly cannot understand a word and I love it haha. Keep the culture alive!

@tinaforster Жыл бұрын

Fascinating, as well as therapeutic. Such a beautiful craft❤

@chriswoyce6285 9 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful art!

@colleenf620 11 ай бұрын

Very cool. All that hard work seemed so peaceful with the animal sounds in the background and greenery. ❤

@kickinghorse2405 10 ай бұрын

I was happy to hear the name Joe O'Hogan. A wizard of a gent.

@callmedaniel8260 11 ай бұрын

That was nothing less than amazing!

@joshuadathsbc5765 Жыл бұрын

I love you boating videos, would love to see more of your traditional boat adventures

@adriancampbell1359 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos man

@adammcguinness9950 Жыл бұрын

I spy with my little eye, a No.8. Opinel. I think I saw you use it to sharpen the points of the rods. Cool video. (Edit: I definitely saw your Opinel when you were cutting the twine)😉

@caoimhenimhuireadhaigh1303 Жыл бұрын

You've got me wanting to make one for myself, and I hate rowing 😂😂

@paulschweinsberg8568 11 ай бұрын

Amazing work gentlemen!

@michaelfarrell114 Жыл бұрын

Excellent lads FairPlay! I watched the whole thing was just looking for this!

@kasperljones1678 Жыл бұрын

Nice boat

@TheUncleRuckus Жыл бұрын

We're all adults, swear as much or as often as you'd like brother! 👍👍

@dericrogers5594 Жыл бұрын

What did he say?? 6:52

@ArmedAlex Жыл бұрын

@@dericrogers5594"it's recording there now, so watch your language" "Yeah, that's true"

@honkabooly 11 ай бұрын

Excellent stuff!

@sambritton1783 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a Q&A with Eoin so much!

@1Akai1 Жыл бұрын

Well that was cool!

@petercallaghan4718 Жыл бұрын

great stuff, well done!

@b62boom1 Жыл бұрын

That was class!

@dougidoug Жыл бұрын

That’s a fine looking job you did there. And all with traditional tools and skills. It’s a lost art.

@chriswoyce6285 9 ай бұрын

You and Hollywood Hogan should redo one in the shape of a canoe. I’m not sure if you guys have birch trees in Ireland, but the wood be cool to see if you could build one birch bark style.

@meirionevans5137 9 ай бұрын

Little wonder, how years ago, working folks would have arms like legs. Good on yer both, the birth was painless.

@benniferthepotato8499 Жыл бұрын

great video!

@LeLouchOfTheRebellion-xi2qu Жыл бұрын

You should make a proper sea goin currach lad, that’d be brilliant to see.

@leenewsom7517 10 ай бұрын

W O W 😍

@presidentjohnhenryeden9450 Жыл бұрын

it looks great! also a bit like a headcrab from half life. looks great!

@redbirdjazzz 8 ай бұрын

Tom looks a lot like Tommy Makem's son Rory, who's performing with Liam Clancy's son Dónal these days.

@bobjelIy Жыл бұрын

Sounds like such and amazing way to live not doing a 100 PhDs only to be working your arse off at a computer desk for someone else who tells you what to do and nonsense I enjoy these videos makes me wish i were living such a life

@zorod5475 Жыл бұрын

Let it dry out then put some wax on the leather so it lasts longer.

@nicnietrza635 Жыл бұрын

Gentlemen, great job💥 I would like to buy a shepherd's chair🥁

@tonyjones9715 Жыл бұрын

👏👏

@toolman334 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else see him talk and go omg there's 2 of them

@trublgrl 5 ай бұрын

I believe the coracle was first invented when a Montgolfier Fire Balloon popped it's bubble and fell into the sea.

@04Mrman Жыл бұрын

More Patches content, please 😊

@wonkydorito5778 Жыл бұрын

early, niiiiice great video btw, honestly this made me want to make my own (i dont know how i will but i'll have a think)

@N29o21ah 11 ай бұрын

I just saw Joe hogan on the TV

@UsDiYoNa Жыл бұрын

3 questions: How long do one of these last? Where’d ya get that fine hat? And where’d ya get that ol conductors shirt? Company I bought from here in the US quit selling their old timey line and I just dont jive with the new style.

@Road_Surfs Жыл бұрын

I wish I could do stuff like this but don’t have the talent

@tinnedrat Жыл бұрын

its just still!! skills can be built! all is not lost! just gotta be crazy enough to pour hours and hours into one thing

@phoenixmastm Жыл бұрын

@@tinnedrat Sorta like how Im setting up to learn flint/chert knapping. Practice practice practice.

@absolutmauser Жыл бұрын

I feel like I would dump myself out of it immediately

@Prince_Luci Жыл бұрын

Joe Hogan, got a big podcast that one has.

@thelividdeads Жыл бұрын

I feel like You could jump ship ( pun intended ) To Flat-out SHipbuilding. You have the tools and you damn sure have the skills, Give it a run with a Canoe and then see if you can't make an outrigger or something