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School: Enniscrone (G.) (roll number 13941)

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Inishcrone, Co. Sligo
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  1. Incident - Local Shipwreck (1886)

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    A shipwreck occurred in Enniscrone, about fifty years ago. It happened that in the year eighteen hundred and eighty six, sometime in the month of May. I can not tell the date, but it happened about ten o'clock in the night.
    A ship named the "Rathlee" was coming down from Ballina with a cargo of bog-ore or "red glár" from which glass is made. Bog ore or red glár was got in the bog; it was like red clay mixed with bog-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Mullany
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Joiner
    Address
    Inishcrone, Co. Sligo