The Ocean to City 2012 Maritime Festival dates have been set to the 2nd June (bank holiday weekend) to Sunday 10th June with the rowing race day (An Rás Mór) on Saturday 2nd June. We are aiming to make this the biggest and most successful race & festival to date.

Festival programme will be available in 2012. Race registration & info can be viewed here.

NEWS & EVENTS:

CHRISTMAS CHEER AT MEITHEAL MARA

OPEN DAY AND BOOK LAUNCH, 8TH DECEMBER 2011, 1PM – 6:00PM

On Thursday 8th December, between 1pm and 6pm, Meitheal Mara is holding an OPEN DAY and would like to invite you to a look around and see what we do. We will welcome visitors with mince pies and tea. There will be a lunch time talk with Graham Bailey (Voyaging aboard Peel Castle). Theo Dorgan will take the helm for the Munster launch of the perfect Christmas present for 2011, Glorious Galway: Hookers, Curachs, Lake & River-Boats Gaillimh na Seod Gaillimh faoi Seol

More info on the open day can be viewed here.

Galway County Council in partnership with Galway County Heritage Forum, The Heritage Council and Meitheal Mara recently published the book 'Glorious Galway, Hookers, Curachs,Lake and River-Boats' at the Marine Institute, Rinville, which was launched by Jimmy Deenihan, T.D.,Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Click here for more info

Christmas Gifts!

Meitheal Mara's workshop is busy producing quality hand-made crafts for the Christmas market sourced from sustainable wood. We have products & gifts for all price ranges including nightlight holders, shelving units, stools, chairs, etc. Each one is individually fashioned. Here is the current price list, images & description for collection from our workshop. We also ship worldwide.

4-hand Naomhóg model currach including mast, sail, 8 oars and display stand

Meitheal Mara Currach models made by  are scaled at 1:10 and are all handmade. The models are perfectly accurate and are built in exactly the same way as the full size boat and can be used as a guide for building the real ones. The model we currently offer is the Naomhóg, a West Kerry Currach priced at €200 excluding post & packing anywhere in the world.

We can also create bespoke & by-design crafts, if you have ideas of your own that you would like manufactured.

Please contact Meitheal Mara on 021 4316813 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for pricing & delivery.

FIONBARRA BANTRY LONGBOAT CHARITY TABLE QUIZ

Meitheal Mara & Fionbarra crew thank all people who supported the fund raising quiz at The Flying Enterprise Bar (South Main Bridge, Cork City). A great night was had and the charity is greatly appreciated

For further info on Fionbarra, contact Ross Kenny at Meitheal Mara on 021 4316813 or by email  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

As part of Cork Culture Night 2011 (23rd Sept 2011), CCAE: Cork School of Architecture presented the work of Meitheal Mara, Cork’s maritime cultural and education centre. ‘Corkumnavigation’, the outcome of a collaboration between Meitheal Mara and CCAE: Cork School of Architecture, at the architectural college’s Copley Street courtyard.

Corkumnavigation’ was a joint undertaking between CCAE: Cork School of Architecture and Meitheal Mara, funded by the Heritage Council, which aims to assist those who wish to circumnavigate Cork’s central island by detailing tides, weirs and bridges.

For more info, see CCAE

For more Ocean to City images and discussions on our facebook. See http://www.facebook.com/0ceantocity.

The 2011 programme is located here. For race info, click here.