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Údarás na Gaeltachta are to provide €50,000 in funding for Bád Eddie.
The iconic boat, Bád Eddie, has fallen into disrepair over the years and community efforts are afoot to remedy the situation.
The announcement was welcomed by Sinn Féin Councillor and member of Bord Údaras na Gaeltachta, John Sheamais Ó Fearraigh. He said:“This is good news story for the parish and for the north west. A campaign and a local committee to save the boat was established about a year ago and the aim of the campaign is to place a replica sculpture at the site of Bád Eddie on Machaire Clochair strand.”
He added that the boat has a special significance from a tourism perspective. The boat has featured in a pop videos and has also featured in Vogue fashion magazine.
He said: "Thousands visit the boat every year while visiting Gaoth Dobhair and the committee are doing terrific work, which I commend, in trying to keep the boat on the strand. We all have personal memories of the boat. This campaign is aimed at trying to keep the spirit and image of Bád Eddie as the focal point of the parish. I am more than happy to support that campaign and I welcome the investment from Údaras which will no doubt be of help to the committee.”
Australian and New Zealand tour operators at Lough Eske Castle, with Viktoria Albrecht, Tourism Ireland (back, third left)
Uisce Éireann says the work is part of the National Leakage Reduction Programme
The Explorers Education Programme is funded by the Marine Institute and managed by Camden Education and Galway Atlantaquaria
The Creeslough Community Association Links Hub is part of the former Cope Hardware premises located on the village’s Main Street
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