currach

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UK/ˈkʌɹə/UK/ˈkʌɹəx/

noun

An Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.

OriginIrish curach ← Proto-Celtic *korukos →
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Meanings

nouncurrach (plural currachs)

plural currachs · alternative corragh · alternative curagh · alternative curragh

  1. nauticalAn Irish boat, constructed like a coracle, and originally the same shape; now a boat of similar construction but conventional shape and large enough to be operated by up to eight oars.

    Some days he went out in the currach with her father and her brothers, out past Blue Island and Inishlackan, where the mackerel and sea salmon were fat as piglets.

    2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 53

Origin

  1. Proto-Celtic*korukos“boat”
  2. Irishcurach
  3. Englishcurrach

From Irish curach, corrach, from Proto-Celtic *korukos (“boat”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

Curragh
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APA

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MLA

“currach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currach. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currach,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currach.

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