Brian McDonald’s family has worked at boatbuilding in the area around Greencastle for six generations. This recording was compiled at the McDonald Boatyard, where wooden boats were built up until twenty years ago. Brian’s enthusiasm and expertise in the craft of boatbuilding is very evident. Part of the recording was made in the local Inishowen Maritime Museum, a section of which displays an old boat, working tools and sails presented by the McDonald family. Brian discusses his family in earlier generations and he recalls his own apprenticeship which began when he was fourteen years old. Also discussed are the early suppliers of timber, and the old McDonald boats coming back to the boatyard for repair. He gives a brief account of life in Greencastle at the end of the recording.
BRIAN McDONALD, BORN 1950, GREENCASTLE
SEAMUS HARKIN, BORN 1935, CREESLOUGH
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ANNIE ALCORN (née McGinley), BORN 1934, HORN HEAD
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BRIAN McDONALD, BORN 1950, GREENCASTLE
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Additional information
Type: | Disk, MP3 |
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Audio series: | Donegal county, first series |
Bitrate: | 128 kbps |
Download time limit: | 48 hours |
File size(s): | 9.57 MB, 14.93 MB, 7.28 MB, 10.87 MB |
Number of files: | 4 |
Product ID: | CDDL01-26 |
Subject: | A boat-building tradition |
Recorded by: | Maurice O’Keeffe |