My life with Eoin Reardon: I built a currach during covid using only hand tools

The Cork craftsman built his first currach during lockdown and is now inspiring a new generation to embrace traditional skills
TikTok woodworker and content creator, Eoin Reardon, who has been named as this year's National Heritage Week Ambassador.

TikTok woodworker and content creator, Eoin Reardon, who has been named as this year's National Heritage Week Ambassador.

In hindsight, I probably should have kept away given the condition of the seas that day. But after much hard graft, the currach I had devoted months to constructing was finally complete and I was determined to try it out.

Willing something into existence with your hands and watching it function in the real world is an amazing feeling. Lo and behold, she floated.

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