St Patrick’s festival is being marked with an illuminated gleoiteog in Galway’s Claddagh basin this week.
The gleoiteog Manuela has been decorated with lights by Bádóirí an Cladaig, the city association dedicated to training and restoration of the traditional craft.
The vessel was named in memory of Manuela Riedo, the Swiss student who was raped and murdered in Galway in October 2007
Bádóirí an Cladaig also illuminated several of its fleet of traditional vessels in the Claddagh basin over Christmas and new year, raising spirits during the pandemic.
Almost two years ago, the training organisation launched The Lovely Anne, a 137-year-old workboat built-in 1882 by boat-wright, Patrick Brannelly.
Brannelly also built An Tónaí and the Morning Star.
After being part of the local hooker fleet in the early 1900s, the vessel was sold over 46 years ago to Jim Parkinson, who fished it for many years.