curagh
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I was afraid they would upset the curagh, but they would go after the birds.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
A yard from the sea we stop and lower the curagh to the right.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
When the last curagh went out I was left on the slip with a band of women and children, and one old boar who sat looking out over the sea.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
Again, a curagh with two light people in it floats on the water like a nut-shell, and the slightest inequality in the stroke throws the prow round at least a right angle from its course.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
Here the hooker was anchored about eighty yards from the shore, and a curagh was rowed round to tow out the animals.
From The Aran Islands by Synge, J. M. (John Millington)
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