You guys got any comments/ info for Theresa?

MAQQI
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From: <tkishkan@...>
To: <Irish-Archaeology@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: [IrArch] a query


> For the purposes of a novel I am writing which is set, in part, in the west
> of Ireland, I wonder if anyone can direct me to information about the Lurgan
> boat? I saw it in Dublin this spring and was struck by the similarity to the
> cedar canoes of the native people of the west coast of North America, where
> I live. What would the boat have been made of? Was it used for burial
> purposes or did it sink into a shallow lake which eventually became bog? I
> don't have an archaeology background but would like to know as much as I can
> about this boat, even though it is only referred to in passing in my novel.
> Thank you in advance!