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School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)

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Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 175

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    there for a couple of hours in the biting cold. At last they began to fall of one by one until there was only three left:- Gillan, Bruen, Gaffney. Gillan was a powerful swimmer and he was only twenty years old (The rest of the men were drowned by then). At last he fell off. The ship was about one and a hlaf miles from the shore. He swam for the shore. He was 3 yards from it when he collapsed and drowned. The other men Bruen and Gaffney were saved by a lifeline.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    P. Gillen