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Cruinniú Bádóirí Acla / Achill Yawl Festival
The Achill Yawl Festival (Cruinniú Bádóirí Acla) is an annual series of races involving traditional Achill yawl sailing boats. The races take place at various locations along Achill Sound, the body of Atlantic water that connects Clew Bay with Blacksod Bay on the west coast of County Mayo, Ireland.
The Achill Yawl is a traditional wooden sailing boat with a solid hull and a single mast. In recent years, partly due to the success of Cruinniú Bádóirí Acla, there has been a revival in this traditional vessel. A dedicated workshop has even been established at Mulranny to build new yawls, and the first craft from this enterprise was sold in 2003 to a customer in Boston, USA.
The Achill Yawl Festival runs from July to September each year, with races taking place at weekends and in the evenings (when tides allow). An exciting spectator sport, the races are keenly contested by local teams from the Achill and Mulranny areas. For a full schedule of races for the 2007 Yawl Festival please visit the Cruinniú Bádóirí Acla web site:
Achill Yawl Festival web site
Tá Cumann Bádóirí Acla ag iarraidh cultúir agus traidisiúin seoltóireachta an yawl a chosaint agus a leanú amach. Béidh béim dhá chur ar labhairt na Gaeilge insna h-imeachtaí seo.
Le cúpla bliain anuas tá uimhir na mbád árdaí ó 3 go 13. 'Sé an cuspóir atá againn cur leis an bfás iontach seo. Tuigeann Cumann Bádóirí Acla an tábhacht atá leis an chultúir agus an teanga a chaomhnú. Béidh imeachtaí na Féile dhá reachtáil tré mheán na Gaeilge. Baineann na sluaite a bhíonn i láthair ag na rásaí an-tsásamh as an spórt ársa seo, as an scil iontach a bhaineann le gabhail na Yawlta agus an choimhlint ghéar a bhíonn ann le ceann scríbe a bhaint amach.
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Sailing Fixtures 2007
Saturday 14th July / De Sathairn
- Óstán Oileán Acla (Alices), Achill Sound
- 4.00pm - Official Opening
4.30pm - Blessing of the Yawls
5.30pm - Cowley's Cup Double-Ender Race
6.30pm - All-Girls Yawl Race
Sunday 15th July / Dé Domhnaigh
- Achill Sound Hotel (Connaughton's), Achill Sound
- 6.30pm - West Mayo Co-Op Fishermen's Race
Saturday 21st July / De Sathairn
- Great Western Park Inn Hotel, Mulranny
- 1.00pm - Old Mulranny Regatta Cup (Sponsored by Dr. Jerry Cowley)
3.00pm - The Mulranny Park Inn Hotel Cup
Sunday 22nd July / Dé Domhnaigh
- Bay View Hotel, Clare Island
- 3.00pm - Clare Island Cup
Saturday 28th July / De Sathairn
- Patten's Bar, Derreens, Achill Island
- 6.00pm - Johnny Patten Memorial Cup
Sunday 29th July / Dé Domhnaigh
- Patten's Bar, Derreens, Achill Island
- 6.00pm - Patten's Bar Cup
Wednesday 1st August / De Ceadaoin
- Ted Lavelle's Pub, Cashel, Achill Island
- 7.30pm - John A McNulty Memorial Cup
Thursday 2nd August / Deardaoin
- Óstán Oileán Acla (Alices), Achill Sound
- 6.00pm - Sean "The Shore" Patten Memorial Cup
Friday 3rd August / De h-Aoine
- The Way Inn, Tonragee
- 7.00pm - Bernard Masterson Memorial Cup
Saturday 4th August / De Sathairn
- The Compass Bar, Curraun
- 4.00pm - John F. Patten Memorial Cup
Sunday 5th August / Dé Domhnaigh
- Josie McLoughlin's Pub, Achill Sound
- 4.00pm - Seamus Patten Memorial Cup
Monday 6th August / De Luan
- Patten's Bar, Derreens, Achill Island
- 12.30pm - John Corrigan Memorial Cup
Saturday 11th August / De Sathairn
- Inishbiggle Island
- 5.30pm - Inishbiggle Festival Race
Sunday 12th August / Dé Domhnaigh
- Óstán Oileán Acla (Alices), Achill Sound
- 6.00pm - Alice Sweeney Memorial Cup
Saturday 25th August / De Sathairn
- Josie McLoughlin's Pub, Achill Sound
- 5.00pm - Patrick McLoughlin Memorial Cup
Sunday 26th August / Dé Domhnaigh
- Achill Sound Hotel (Connaughton's), Achill Sound
- 5.00pm - Achill Sound Hotel Race
Saturday 1st September / De Sathairn
- Óstán Oileán Acla (Alices), Achill Sound
- 8.00pm - Yawl Man's Ball - Yawl of the Year Presentation
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