Canoe Club gets new transporter

A group of young (and older) Kilcullen Canoe Club members heading off tonight for a paddle down from Carnalway. It was also the 'maiden voyage' of the club's new transporter, which can safely carry 15 boats and their paddles.

The transporter was built by Paddy Fitzgerald of Coill Dubh, and presented to the club by Paddy and his wife Mary.

"They're great club people," says Brendan O'Connell, a longtime stalwart of the club, who has in the past represented Ireland in the Olympics. "It's a smashing piece of work, our old transporter was no longer fit for purpose."

"It was a winter and summer project," Paddy (pictured above, bottom right picture) says modestly. "I didn't spend all my time on it."