The story of 'Marion'-
reconstructing the past...
Throughout Ireland’s maritime history, fishing is an important activity in terms of subsistence, livelihood, trade, business and industry. This website attempts to discuss the development and changing face of fishing during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, concentrating on Country Down and paying particular attention to the small village of Killough. It also discusses the reconstruction of an 18th Irish fishing vessel and some of the experiments carried out in it.
Chapter 1
The history of fishing in Ireland
Herring fishing
The history of Killough
Chapter 2
The history of boat building
The history of the raft boat
The history of the dugout boat
The history of the skin boat
Boat building materials
Boat building tools
Irish boat building
Chapter 3
The yawl marion
Marion in her working days
Glossary
Bibliography
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