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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

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Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 104

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  2. French Schooner Wrecked near Oileán na Naomh

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    About 80 years ago there was a French schooner, a fine new boat, coming from England with a cargo of coal. She called into Cork, and they took on a Pilot. She put to sea again and she wasn’t far out when it began to blow a gale from the south-west. The Pilot was as bad as the rest – he knew nothing of the coast. He let her up towards Crow Head and up towards The Sound. He thought he was inside in Dunmanus Bay and if he was he’d be safe. When they came outside Gort na Mainistreach, or a little to the west of it towards Leac, they saw the mouth of the
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      1. economic activities
        1. catching animals
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Ó hUrdail
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmichael, Co. Cork