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School: An Pasáiste Thoir (C.), Port Láirge

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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn
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    assistance they pulled their boat to where they heard the sounds, but search as they did they could find no trace of a ship.
    They got alarmed and decided to give up fishing for that night and go home. From this place to their village would take them about an hour. During that time the wind rose so quickly that they had only just reached home when a violent storm was raging. On several occasions afterwards other fishermen heard the same sound in this place, and without fail the storm came that very night. Today if any fishermen hear this noise of sails flapping and
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Joseph Walsh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford