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School: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ellen Daly
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  1. A Boat Lost

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    On 8th August 1842 a rowing boat from Glenvar, on Lough Swilly, with two of a crew went to Doaghbeg and lifted fifteen passengers going to the English harvest. This boat intended to leave these men at Fahan Point as there was no train from Buncrana to Derry. They had got only as far as Ballinary (3 miles from Buncrana) when a sudden storm arose which capsised the boat and the fifteen passengers were lost.
    The owner of the boat and his son were saved, as they clung to the side of the boat.
    The bodies of the drowned men were washed in on Rathmullen shores.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Liafin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Denis Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Occupations
    Carpenter
    Farmer
    Address
    Liafin, Co. Donegal