School: Cillín
- Location:
- Killeen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 624
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- 13. About eighty years ago a ship was wrecked west of Downpatrick Head, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo. There is a rock called Leac na Luinge. The captain and two sailors were saved.
- Collector
- Mary Kate Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Peter Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockaun, Co. Mayo
- 14. About sixty years ago ship went in on the strand at Lacken Co. Mayo. It had a cargo of timber. It was Sunday and the people were coming from mass. They went out in a boat and brought in the sailors. Then they robbed the ship. The captain and most of the sailors were Italians.(continues on next page)
