School: Ballycullane
- Location:
- Ballycullane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 283
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- A man by the name of Edward Murphy from Ross was drowned in Clonmines. He picked cockles in Clonmines and sold them. One day he was picking the (cockles?) and he walked along and he fell into the hole of water and got drowned.Every day the people were looking for him. After nine days he was found in Barrystown. An inquest was held at a farmer's house in Bannow.Thomas Gleason, James Gleason, Thomas Morris, and William Stanton, were looking for him every day.This man was from Ross and he was living in this district. He was buried in the little church of Ross the day after the inquest.
