Scoil: Templetown

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Loss of the S.S. Margaret (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   of the sea where the Eastern tide meets the Harbour tide. Even in steady weather this place is very troubled and rough at certain stages of the tide. IT is called the 'Race' of the Hook.
   There, a couple of hundred yards out from the lighthouse, 'the Margaret' foundered. Mr. Kennedy, the lightkeeper on watch, could hear the drowning cries of the men.
   He was powerless, as the only boat available was a light currac, in which he could do nothing without a powerful crew.
   The crew were all drowned.
   The upper parts of the vessel's masts were visible over the sea for long after.
   Much of her cargo of coal came ashore in the 'channs'. Though it does not float, coal rolls easily along the seabed, especially during stormy times.

   Charles Hearne N.T. 35

   

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   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Charles Hearne

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   35

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