Scale: circa 1:6. A full hull model of a River Boyne curragh made in wood and animal skin. The hull is made of a closely woven withy gunwale that completely encircles the hull and has a frame made of superimposed double lengths of withy tied together at the intersections. Over this an ox hide has been stretched and lashed to the gunwale. A wide thwart is tied to the gunwales at four points amidships and a woven cord has been attached to the thwart and tied off at the gunwale at five points. A coated wire has been slung underneath the hull and attached to the gunwales at three points and fixed to a wire hoop on the underside. The model is equipped with a single paddle which is parallel sided, with a T-shaped handle and a scoop-shaped blade.

The curraghs, used for netting salmon on the river Boyne, are the only Irish curraghs similar in appearance to the coracles of South Wales. However, Irish curraghs have a superimposed framing system, rather than interlaced as in the Welsh and English coracles. Most Irish curraghs have a higher length to beam ratio than the river Boyne curragh. The river Boyne curraghs were usually operated by two people, one sitting on the thwart tending the net at the stern and the other kneeling at the bow paddling. This type of small, paddled vessel was suitable for fishing in many parts of the river Boyne which were inaccessible for many craft.