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1. A Fishing Disaster at Procklis, Co. Donegal

   

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   About 150 years ago there was a great herring fishery at a place called Prucklish (Bruckless Bay tragedy 11 Feb 1813) in Co. Donegal , and fishing boats from all parts of Connaught and Donegal went there to fish herring. Every morning when the boats would come ashore , during the herring fishing, an old woman would come and ask herring from the men. She came so often that the men grew tired of her. One morning , after the boats came in , she asked the herring as usual. The Donegal fishermen refused to give her the fish but a party of fishermen from Streedagh near Grange , Co Sligo gave her some. She went home saying that the Donegal men would not

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Mc Gowan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Streedagh, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Michael Mc Gowan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 75

   Address

   Streedagh, Co. Sligo