curagh
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I asked her if the curagh would soon be coming back with the priest.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
The next day he went back to the south island, and I think he was alone in the curagh.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
Several men I fell in with shook their heads when I told them I was going away, and said they doubted if a curagh could cross the sound with the sea that was in it.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
I returned to the middle island this morning, in the steamer to Kilronan, and on here in a curagh that had gone over with salt fish.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
The crew carried down the curagh and then stood under the lee of the pier tying on their hats with strings and drawing on their oilskins.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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