School: Convent of Mercy, Buncrana (roll number 16632)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr Mary Josephine
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 187
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- On the 9th November 1811 , there was a ship called the "Saldana" and it was a wooden man of war ship.The "Saldana " was said to be going to "Rathmullen" with a load of silver, but on the way it struck the "Lough Swilly" rock and it floated on till it came between "Dunree" and "Knockalla" where it sank.All aboard , were drowned, but a parrot escaped from his cage , and flew to Inch, where it sat on a tree and began to call out "the ship went down and all hands drowned"The people in those days, weren't very wise and a man thought it was a fairy, so he shot the parrot.
