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Around Achillbeg

Some footage of the trip around the back of Achillbeg, coming in to land at Corraun House.

On May 12th there was lots of activity at Corraun House. Irish Lights were doing some work, preparing to carry out some repairs on the Achillbeg pier. They airlifted approximately 30 loads of building supplies from the field in front of the house over to the island.

A new map of Currane

Achill, Corraun and Clare Island map

Barry Dalby is a surveyor and cartographer who publishes maps of various areas. His company is EastWest Mapping and can be found here: www.eastwestmapping.ie. In April of this year he came to visit Currane and spent some time surveying the area, meeting with local sheepfarmers and recording many of the placenames that are used. Of course recoding these placenames is important in order to protect our heritage.

His new map Achill & Corraun – Clare Island was launched in August and is now available to purchase in several local shops or online. The map is at 1:7,500 scale, very detailed and is printed on water and tear resistant paper.

I’ve found they make excellent gifts for anyone with an interest in or connection to Currane (or Achill and Clare Island) and are great to pour over on a rainy day.

Barry himself has a Currane connection as his Grandfather, Michael Matthews (Mathews) worked as a gardener at Currane House around 1924.

There is an interesting discussion regarding Corraun/Currane spelling on Barry’s company Facebook page, including some maps. One dates back to 1658 and shows Currane as an island.