#ClassicBoats - A classic Galway hooker being restored by Claddagh boatmen is to be renamed in commemoration of murdered student Manuela Reido.
As Galway Bay FM reports, the boat currently known as Fiona will be renamed Manuela after a unanimous vote by Galway City councillors, in honour of the 17-year-old English language student who was killed just days after arriving in the city in October 2007.
The boat is currently being restored as part of the new Claddagh boatbuilding project, reviving a tradition of boatcraft in the district not seen since the 1930s, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.