School: Cill Liath (roll number 8696)
- Location:
- Cill Ia, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0396, Page 242
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- About fifty five years ago a ship named "The Argo" was wrecked at Ballycrinane, about five miles from Killeagh. This ship had several hundred barrels' of refined oil. A beautiful image of a Godess named Argo was on this ship. A great gale swept the ship into the seashore. The tide went out, and the ship cold not be refloated. Many tug-boats came from Cobh and Cork to relieve it.
The cargo was discharged and the crew landed safely. The tug-boats' made another endeavour, but they were unsuccessful and had to leave it so, as it was sunk in the sand
A large number of those barrels' were auctioned by the revenue officers' to different merchants' around the district. A certain man got this beautiful image and exhibited it in his garden. It was a neat piece of architecture. It was to be seen some years' ago. The ship was blown to pieces and when broken was sold in different portions.
Told by my father,
- Collector
- Eileen Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Ia, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- John Kennedy
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cill Ia, Co. Chorcaí
