"It quickens the sails we have set", rather than seeds, I think.

Phil Theer: Phil Dwyer, perhaps? Theer is not a surname I've heard of.

Dree sounds odd. Can't think of alternatives at the moment, though. There are certain dialect words in Wexford not used elsewhere.

Stacia seems likely. Short for Anastasia.

Hookers are a Galway Bay speciality. I don't know they if they existed in other regions. I don't think they were ever used for fishing.