School: Rosses's Point (roll number 12133)

Location:
Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Raighne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0158, Page 174

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  1. It was in the month of March about the year 1893 that the "Gallgorm Castle" ran on the rocks off the Mull of Galloway. The "Gallgorm Castle" was belonged to Sligo and they were all Sligo men aboard her. The names of the men aboard were Mr L. Gaffney, Mr P. Burn, Cpt. Bryen, Mr M. Gillan, Mr J. Tracey, Mr Langan, Mr Towen, and an engineer from Glasgow. They were all Rosses Point men except Langan and Towen, who were from Sligo town, and the engineer.
    The "Gallgorm" was a three masted schooner. It was on its return journey with a cargo of coal. On the 16th of March the ship was going by the Mukk of Galloway where it got into a terrible blizzard and it was impossible to see ahead. They ran aground and the ship began to fill quickly and there was a rush for the rigging, they all climbed it. They hung
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Bruen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosses Point, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    P. Gillen