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School: Clochar Nuala, Dún na nGall (roll number 9389)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
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An tSr. Eanda le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 101

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    A Drowning Accident in Donegal Bay.

    The following ballad tells of a drowning which occured on the 19th July 1891. After Mass a party of eight men went for a pleasure trip on a yawl from Donegal Bay. They were Messrs P. Brogan, R. Brogan, J. Brogan, Harvey, McGonigle, Kelly, Griffen, and O'Hogan.
    They sailed for a while and then turned towards Mullinsloe Channel. The party stopped at Mullinasole village when two of them remained. On the way back as they were sailing through the gap in the Green Islands a squall struck them. The main sail of the boat was fastened and before any of them, could loosen it, the boat had capsized and all of them were thrown into
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fenelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Jim Weir
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal