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1. Longbhriseadh - The Port Garrick Disaster (continued)

   

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   From Queenstown bound by orders to cross the Atlantic wave

   
   (II)

   This vessel was an iron-clad with copper she was laden

   Her sails they were all shattered because she got no haven

   Two hundered days she ploughed the seas oh; sad it was her lot

   That night she lay in Brandon bay where no anchor could be got

   
   (III)

   Early next morning the seas began to roll

   "Port Garrick" drew her anchor and to the seas did go

   The sea rolled high and heavily 'twas plain she couldn't stand

   Dark night approached she lay a wreck upon Kilcummin strand

   
   (IV)

   And mournful was the scene as the ship began to break

   And twenty human bodies into the deep were laid

   Good Christians all who may pass by remember Brandon Bay

   Where Captain Forbes and all his men close to the shore were laid

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
         1. shipwrecks (~384)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Úna Ní Loingsigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kells, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Díarmuid Ó Loingsigh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kells, Co. Kerry