Coracle

The River Teifi, West Wales
The two men are John Davies (forefront) and Will Davies of Cenarth; the last two legitimate coracle fishermen in Cenarth.
They are both using the single-arm method of propulsion; a means of gliding downstream in a controlled way. They carry their coracles and their fish home on their backs. (1972)

A coracle is a small, rounded,[1] lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales, and also in parts of the western parts of Ireland, particularly the River Boyne,[2] and in Scotland, particularly the River Spey. The word is also used for similar boats found in India, Vietnam, Iraq, and Tibet.[3] The word coracle is an English spelling of the original Welsh cwrwgl, cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic currach, and is recorded in English text as early as the sixteenth century. Other historical English spellings include corougle, corracle, curricle and coricle.

  1. ^ "Definition of coracle". Collins English Dictionary. 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, E. Estyn (2000). Irish Folk Ways. Courier Dover Publications. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-486-41440-9.
  3. ^ "The Coracle - a one person boat with an ancient lineage". data-wales.co.uk. 2 November 1996. Archived from the original on 2 November 1996.