3-056-956 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The men of Connaught in a coracle, after c1170. Two bearded Irishmen rowing a round skin boat. From the "Topography of Ireland" by Gerald of Wales, a work describing legends and curiosities. Gerald was a scholar and traveller, visiting the pope in Rome three times. He was one of the most lively and entertaining medieval Latin writers. The illustrations from the manuscript are perhaps derived from drawings by Gerald himself.