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    A Shipwreck.
    On the twenty second of September eighteen hundred and seventy four, a British Revenue boat, named 'The Wasp' hit Swilly rock, a large rock at the mouth of Lough Swilly. It is said that there is a large stone on Tory Island called 'The Tory Stone' , that defends Tory from her enemies. If any person named the suspected ship and turned the stone round, the named ship was sure to sink. The race of people who had the power to turn the stone were named the Sweeneys.
    Denis Curran,
    3, Government Tce,
    Letterkenny,
    Co. Donegal.
    Mrs Carr,
    Glenndown, (Glendowan)
    Letterkenny,
    Co Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Curran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Carr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Letterkenny, Co. Donegal