On 16th October 2012, 5th Class went on an interesting trip to the Boatyard in Maudlintown.
Beforehand we were shown a DVD about the craft of local building in our classroom. It was fascinating to learn about this ancient craft in such detail from Murt and Pat from the South End Family Resource Centre (SEFRC).
Visiting the boatyard made the experience much more exciting, especially when we saw the boat ‘An Crúidín’ built in ‘Viking style’ as shown in the earlier DVD.
The outing continued down to the ‘pontoon’ and the bay where the class saw three boats….The Goose, Nobody’s Child and The Gulbar.
It was exciting to sit in these boats and imagine being at sea!!!
