School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

Location:
Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 130

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    valiant efforts to save themselves, but despite that four of them sank.
    Her cargo floated all along the shore. Numerous barrels of oranges, apples and other fruits besides tons of meat and butter were wrecked in on the strands of Dunmanus Bay.
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  2. An English target which they had at Castletown Berehaven about twenty five yeas ago floated from them and floated into Dunmanus Bay. It was found on the strand by Denis O'Neill, Drishane. It was said that eight horses could not pull its contents. He used it as roofing and it is still to be seen as the roofing of his shed and out-houses.
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephina Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Richard Moynihane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork