curragh Hear it!

Variant of currach

currach Definition

cur·rach or curragh cur′·ragh (kur′ək, kur′ə)

noun

Scot., Irish coracle

Etymology: Ir & Gael curach, akin to Welsh corwg, skin boat

curragh Quotes

   My name is Behan, Brendan Behan, after Saint Brendan, who got into one of our little Irish boats called a curragh one day in the sixth century and sailed across the Atlantic and found America, and when he'd found it, like a sensiblemanheturned around and sailed back and left it where it fuckin' well was. —Behan, Brendan Francis