Episode 2 Ar Bhealach na Gaeltachta

There is a challenge with the Irish language

and I'm asking people

maybe to follow me in my journey where we can

reach out to people that got Cs and Bs and As in their leaving cert.

And don't speak it but want to speak it, have a love, have a

gra for the Irish and I'm asking people to look at that.

We had the biggest fishing boat

in Ireland built in this yard

back in its time.

But the wooden boats have unfortunately died away

and that's where it's concentrated more on the steel

and the fibreglass.

Well, I've been working with the ferries these last 28 years

and in 2009, I took over the

Arranmore ferries from Cornelius Bonner.

And with that, Cornelius

had operated the boatyard.

In the first year, we just used it for the ferries, mainly,

but since the second year,

we found there was a high demand for fishing boats and pleasure boats and

ferries wanting to use the facility so we built a new cradle,

we refurbished the yard a little and since then

it's taken off, it's getting busier every year.

And we have with great support locally.