Boat builder’s last wish fulfilled for final voyage

A LEGENDARY boat builder’s dying wish was fulfilled when he was carried to his final resting place on the last boat he completed.

Boat builder’s last wish fulfilled for final voyage
Tue, 05 Apr, 2011 - 01:00
Eoin English

Lifeboat men formed a guard of honour and accompanied the remains of George Bushe, as his coffin was carried on board the Cánóg to St Patrick’s Cemetery in Crosshaven, Co Cork, at the weekend.

Mr Bushe, who died last Wednesday, aged 89, built the Cánóg from two-by-one white deal he bought in a hardware shop in Carrigaline in 1996.

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