Canoeing in Kilcullen: the beginning

When Kilcullen Canoe Club's new premises was dedicated last Sunday, the man whose interest in the river started it all was guest of honour.



Paddy Maloney, now 88, remembers well how he went about making his first canoe, and the design flaw that made it impossible to keep upright in the water.

Many of his own recollections about the time are part of a piece which will appear in the Kilcullen page of The Kildare Nationalist tomorrow.

Brian Byrne.