School: Ballyharry (roll number 11235)
- Location:
- Ballycharry, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Bríde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 511
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- The Cambria was coming from New York with passengers. The captain mistook a light in Malin Head for the Innistrahull lighthouse and thinking he was too far out he altered his course and came in a bit. His ship ran on the Garvin Isles off Malin Head and the passengers all were drowned save one who came ashore in a life belt. He came ashore at Antrim and all he was able to tell was that the Cambria had struck the Garvin Isles. He died immediately after. There was a Malin Head man on board named John Doherty. She went down in the year 1870. The following verses give a good account of her sinking:-
I
On the eighteenth of October last,
from New York we set sail
On board the gallant Cambria
with a sweet and pleasant gale.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Green
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Bonner
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 66
- Address
- Redford Glebe, Co. Donegal
