| He is probably the last man who can still construct the ancient hide-covered type of coracle. |
| In the mid 1990s he began to research the methods of coracle building used by the craftsmen coracle makers of rural Wales. |
| They developed modern mathematics, glorious architecture and navigated the world when St Patrick was gadding about in a leather coracle. |
| Reepicheep hops into his coracle and paddles over the wave to the paradise beyond. |
| When he unfolded his mantle, he saw that the coracle was already far from Iona. |
| It is thought only the dugout canoe predates the coracle as a means of water travel. |
