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School: Ballylongford (C.) (roll number 11019)

Location:
Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0402, Page 067

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  1. A Local Drowning

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    The saddest drowning fatality on the river Shannon occurred in the year 1893.
    On the fifteenth of August of the same year a party of young men and girls employed a man named Mr. Maurice Murphy who owned a small boat to take them across the river to the Clare coast. They set out from Tarbert Island and landed safely at Kilrush, from thence they travelled by train to Kilkee, and had a most enjoyable day at this beautiful sea-side resort. That evening they again came to Kilrush pier, all in high spirits and boarded a little frail boat which
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    James Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballylongford, Co. Kerry