Connect with a piece of the Ilen - Wooden Plank Sponsorship
Donations are very much appreciated and allow us to continue to provide hands-on education.
Coming Soon
School & Big Boat News
An information pack is planned to communicate some of the skills ...
The Ilen and the thrills of rediscovering the coast of Ireland from the sea ...
An Irish Maritime Adventure
Come work on the Ilen
Come and work with some of Ireland’s few remaining traditional shipwrights refitting Ireland’s sole surviving sea–going sailing ship.
Boat Building School
Reviving and teaching the practical and transferable traditional skills of wooden boatbuilding to young people.
The A.K. Ilen Company is a not for profit Irish company dedicated to education through the medium of wooden boatbuilding and sailing on the sea. It is recognised by the Revenue Commissioners of Ireland as a charity (CHY 13607) and has taken on as one of its first task the rebuild and sailing of Ireland's outstanding traditional seagoing sailing vessel - the good ship Ilen. She has been recovered from the Falklands and is being rebuilt through a series of educational programmes in Oldcourt, West Cork and Roxboro Limerick City.
A rising tide of Atlantic and maritime awareness in Ireland finds expression in the rebuild of the Ilen. The aim of the company is to participate in an inclusive and sustainable Irish community through educational programmes.
One of the aims of the company is to help develop sustainable transport for a viable future with reference to the traditions of a vibrant and sustainable past.
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