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n. (plural of curragh English)
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The Curraghs or Ballaugh Curraghs are a wetland in Ballaugh parish in the north-west of the Isle of Man. The area has a rich and varied biodiversity and is also the location of the Curraghs Wildlife Park, a zoo and nature reserve that incorporates the wetlands.
Usage examples of "curraghs".
Along the riverbank, hundreds of natives were walking, running, and milling, watching the curraghs come up.
Within minutes the upper end of the island was passed and the fleet of curraghs emerged into the full width of the open river, with no sign of warriors or boats to be seen anywhere.
Milky light from a high, bright moon flooded the valley and infused the wraiths of river mist, making the moored curraghs and the sleepy sentries into vague silhouettes suspended in silvery vapor.
The lightweight curraghs probably could be towed on ropes up through the rapids by men walking on the north shore, one ship at a time, with perhaps a hundred men on the ropes.
Stonecutter knew little about ships, but he knew these wicker-frame curraghs sometimes came apart and sank when they were overloaded with stone or lime from the quarries.
The curraghs of fishers already bobbed beyond the breakwater, while the clanging of hammer and tongs told of an early-rising blacksmith tending his forge.
They had come there in curraghs of oak-tanned hides, made of three layers in such a way that air chambers were sealed in.
The curraghs carried a mast, with a triangular lug-sail also made of hides, and were fitted for oars as well.
They had sought a peaceful refuge and found it here, some in curraghs and others in ships of wood large enough to bold sixty people.
The three wooden curraghs, able to carry sixty people each, had long been idle in the hidden harbors of the West Islands, and muck needed to be done before tkey could sail upon a long voyage.
Twenty small hide curraghs seemingly fit for only ponds and lakes, but rising buoyantly, valiantly following the wake of the larger vessels.