School: Cruachán, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Saidhbhín Ní Bhoidbléir
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- About 41 years ago a steam boat called the Memphis was wrecked at the Mizen in a dense fog. There was a general cargo on board the Memphis. The Memphis left Montreal bound for Liverpool. Nine of the crew of the Memphis were lost.
Another steam-boat called the Oswestern was wrecked in the same place. The Oswestern had on board a general cargo. The Oswestern was bound for Liverpool. Some of the crew of the Oswestern were lost.
About eight years after the Oswestern was lost another big steam-boat called the Irada was wrecked in the same place. The Irada left Galveston bound for Liverpool. The Irada had on board a cargo of cotton and oak staves. The captain and six of the crew were lost. There is a very dangerous headland at the Mizen on which the boats struck. A lighthouse stands there now to protect passing vessels
- Collector
- Jeremiah Mahony
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crookhaven, Co. Cork
