Crafty move by ‘Game of Thrones’ boatbuilder

Craftsman Dave Nolan was recently building boats for dramatic battle scenes in the fantasy blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones. Now he’s exchanged the world of knights, dragons and medieval intrigue for a more contemporary — and local — craft.

Dave regularly takes to the tranquil lake outside Macroom in Co Cork to row in an East Coast skiff. He is part of the Gearagh Rowers Club, which is part of the rowing revolution taking place throughout Ireland over the past 10 years — growth that has been accelerated since the successes of the O’Donovan brothers, Paul and Gary, at the Olympics and World Championships.

At present Dave and his fellow rowers go out every evening on the local lake and row the four or five miles to the Inniscarra dam and back again.