1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile an Mhuilinn

School: Baile an Mhuilinn

Location:
Milltown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Rós Nic Airchinnigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 455

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0157, Page 455

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile an Mhuilinn
  2. XML Page 455
  3. XML “Local Happenings”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Happenings

    Share Share Post
    Disaster at the "Wheaten Rock".
    About fifty years ago a sailing boat from Donegal was on her way to Sligo for provisions. A man and his two sons were on her. When they reached the "Wheaten Rocks" the younger of the sons happened to be sitting on the (taft)" when the boom swung round throwing the boy into the water.
    The father and brother made a desperate effort to save him but their efforts proved fruitless.

    Drowning
    About seventy years ago a farmer named Gillan and his only son were cutting oats in a field
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English