Editing Coracle (section)

===Current status===
Coracles are now{{when|date=June 2021}} seen regularly only in tourist areas of West Wales, and irregularly in [[Shropshire]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Witts |first=Chris |title=River Severn Trading Vessels. Coracles, Punts and Trows |url=https://www.severntales.co.uk/coracle.html |website=River Severn Tales}}</ref> on the River Severn. A [[public house]] in [[Sundorne]], Shrewsbury called "The Coracle" has a pub sign featuring a man using a coracle on a river. The Welsh rivers Teifi and [[River Tywi|Tywi]] are the most common places to find coracles in Wales. On the Teifi they are most frequently seen between [[Cenarth]], and [[Cilgerran]] and the village of [[Llechryd]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In 1974, a Welsh coracle piloted by Bernard Thomas (c.&nbsp;1923–2014) of Llechryd crossed the [[English Channel]] to France in {{frac|13|1|2}} hours.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Sue |date=7 September 2014 |title=Death of a river legend |work=Tivyside Advertiser |url=http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/11457928.Death_of_a_river_legend/?ref=var_0 |access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> The journey was undertaken to support a claim that [[Bull Boat]]s of the [[Mandan]] Indians of [[North Dakota]] in the US could have been copied from coracles introduced by [[Prince Madog]] in the 12th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/facts/facts7.html|title=Wales on Britannia: Facts About Wales & the Welsh|website=britannia.com|access-date=9 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011090450/http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/facts/facts7.html|archive-date=11 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=John|first1=Gilbert|title='Coracle king' to hang up paddle|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/7331209.stm|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 January 2015|date=5 April 2008}}</ref>

For many years until 1979, [[Shrewsbury]] coracle maker Fred Davies achieved some notability amongst football fans; he would sit in his coracle during [[Shrewsbury Town FC]] home matches at [[Gay Meadow]], and retrieve stray balls from the River Severn. Although Davies died in 1994, his story is still associated with the club.<ref>''Gentlemen of the River'' by Phyllis Blakemore. Stenlake Publishing {{ISBN|978-1-84033-473-9}}{{page needed|date=January 2021}}</ref>