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AN ANCIENT LOG BOAT has been found on the banks of the River Boyne in Drogheda.
The find was made by a member of Boyne Fisherman’s Rescue and Recovery group (BFRR) during a check of the river.
“We routinely take trolleys out of the river,” PRO Sean Cahill explained. Such items are dangerous for divers so the group does regular surveys to ensure objects are removed.
With the Maritime Festival coming up, the divers wanted the place to look good, said Cahill. Two members of the BFRR, Christy Finglas and Michael Hodgins, were on a boat travelling along the River Boyne when Finglas spotted what he thought could be a log boat.
Pic: Sean Cahill/Boyne Fisherman’s Rescue and Recovery Service
He was familiar with its shape as the BFRR had been involved in the retrieval of a similar log-boat a number of years ago.
With the river at low tide, Finglas could make out the shape of the boat and alerted Hodgins to it. They knew “that it wasn’t an ordinary piece of debris”, said Cahill. The boat was embedded under where the water would normally be, and its outline was visible due to the lower tide level.
Pic: Sean Cahill/Boyne Fisherman’s Rescue and Recovery Service
They contacted Cahill and then the National Museum, who sent out an archaeologist specialising in such finds. “I think he was surprised,” said Cahill, who said it is believed this log boat is a different type to the one found a few years ago.
Underwater archaeologist with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Karl Brady, told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that it appears to be an ancient style log boat, and that only a small part is exposed.
Pic: Sean Cahill/Boyne Fisherman’s Rescue and Recovery Service
Such boats have been in use for 7 – 8000 years in Irish waters, but judging by some features on the boat, such as hollows that may have been for oars, it might date from the 15 – 18th century, he added.
Log boats were used for fishing and transporting goods.
The boat is significantly submerged, but Brady said that layers of silt mean it is well preserved. The site will be monitored and the boat will most likely be kept in the river bed, unless it begins to deteriorate and conservation is needed.
Ned Kelly, keeper of antiquities at the National Museum, said that there have been a number of finds of log boats and other objects in the River Boyne, and some of them have probably been swept down the river. He said that log boats were used in Ireland since the earlier times and that the Boyne is a particularly important river.
A previous log boat find included a slave chain, slave collar and skull with cut marks on it. However, it doesn’t appear there are any items to be found as yet in this newly-discovered log boat. Kelly added that a radiocarbon sample will be extracted from the vessel in order to date it.
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Nothing says I love you more than a McFuneral.
When someone dies, there are always people around, at the wake, funeral and burial, the believers, the non believers, the atheists, the humanists. ……….How many of you will visit the bereaved family months after their bereavement?
This is the time they need your help and support.
@Andi Black: bull shit
The reason we are born is to die
It’s about time people excepted death and stop being so mournful about it .
@John Kennedy: dont be insensitive John, the death of a loved one is an emotional shock for those left behind, its natural to mourn, those who dont usually dont do well and they eventually break down, we’re all aware that its an inevitable journey feared by many welcomed by few sso the taut that ur leaving ur loved ones behind is hard, speaking for myself, well, ill hang about as long as I can.
I doubt the dead really care how they’re dispatched to be honest. Once they’re finished harvesting my organs they can turn what’s left over into shepard’s pie if they like…
“You have reached your destination” will scare the daylights out of a few infirm mourners.
For mourners who do not want to come to a dead stop!
Ya want ‘Fry’s’ with that?
Anyone see Stacey Dooley Japan doc last night? Japan is seriously f##ked up with what she exposed
@Stan: The irony of the BBC caring about young people being at risk!
What?
Ashes to Ashes dust to ,let’s burn the F ****r and get back on the bus.
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