Lexicographical Neighbors of Curaghs
Literary usage of Curaghs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. J. M. Synge by Percival Presland Howe (1912)
"Without this background of empty curaghs, and bodies floating naked with the
tide, there would be something almost absurd about the dissipation of this ..."
2. Illustrated History of Ireland, from the Earliest Period by Mary Francis Cusack (1873)
"... crossed the Shannon in their hide- covered boats (curaghs) when the saint was
on the southern side, ..."
3. The Catholic Record (1875)
"... crowds crossed the Shannon in their curaghs, and were baptized in that majestic
river. On leaving Munster, at the earnest entreaty of the inhabitants, ..."
4. The History of Ireland, Ancient and Modern: Derived from Our Native Annals by Martin Haverty (1867)
"... the south-western part of Clare, crossed tte Shannon in their curaghs, or
hide-covered boats, when the saint was on the southern side, ..."
5. Maelcho: A Sixteenth Century Narrative by Emily Lawless (1895)
"With these they embarked again, and at Inisheer, the least of the isles, they
stopped once more, and three additional curaghs joined the fleet. ..."
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