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Further
Reading
There is a lot
of reading material available both in print and online about The
Truelight and Galway hookers in general. The following include links
to published articles about The Truelight and also authorative studies
of hookers and Connemara which are a must for any hooker enthusiast.
Last of Claddagh
Hookers Moves to Cleggan
Connaught Tribune, 7 October 1961 read
more>>>
The severance of Galway's last remaining link with a great sea-fishing
tradition passed as an old, strangely beautiful craft left her moorings
at the Claddagh and headed for the open sea.
Richard Murphy
& The Truelight read
more>>>
Poet Richard Murphy bought The Truelight in 1961 for £250, just
before hurricane Debbie struck the west of Ireland.
Truelight
Adventuring: Ita Kane read
more>>>
"Out we struck into the Atlantic. Heather smoke-clouds covered
Deer island. It had been on fire for four days. There was something
oddly eerie and menacing about a silent island burning itself away."
Ita Kane
gives a thoughtful account of sailing on The Truelight.
The Last
Claddagh Hooker read
more>>>
People came from far and wide to bear witness to the blessing of
the keel of The Truelight in April 1999. Lorna Siggins, western
correspondent for The Irish Times, was there.
The Launch
of The Truelight read
more>>>
As a follow up to the article published almost exactly a year previously,
The Irish Times reported on the launch of the newly revamped Truelight.
Words of
Praise for The Truelight read
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"Our travellers have left feeling like their experience has
been unique and they have been 12 of the lucky ones to have sailed
on the True Light."
The Galway
Hookers: Working Sailboats of Galway Bay
Richard J. Scott ISBN:
0-9528326-0-7
Undoubtedly
the most authorative work in print on all aspects of the Galway
hooker, from designs and boat-building, to priceless anecdotes about
the Connemara and Galway characters who built and manned these boats.
The Truelight is one of the historical hookers featured in this
book. Dick Scott is a wealth of information and his book a treasure.
External
Links
The Blessing of the Keel April 1999 read
more>>>
The Launch
of The Truelight read
more>>>
St. Macdara's
Festival read
more>>> 
Neasa Ní Chualáin
Neasa Ní Chualáin grew up among Galway hookers,
with her father, Pádraig, being the owner of the 19th-century
leath-bhád Bláth na hÓige and
now part owner of The Truelight. In this article posted on connemara.net,
Neasa recounts the annual pilgrimage to Saint Macdara's Island off
the coast of Carna.
Connemara:
Introduction and Gazetteer
read more>>>
Tim Robinson Folding Landscapes, ISBN 0-9504002-5-4
 A
native of England, Tim Robinson moved to the Aran Islands in 1972.
He began writing and mapping the landscapes of Aran, Connemara and
the Burren. His maps have been crafted with painstaking detail and
are invaluable to those seeking the unusual, hidden treasures of
Connemara, be they natural or man-made. The original, colourful
Irish placenames are faithfully translated and the places described
in the gazetteer.
Connemara.net
read
more>>>
Ralph Lavelle's connemara.net website provides a comprehensive
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