School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 292
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- Local Happenings continuedA ship called the "queen's more" was wrecked near Bird Island in Dunmanus bay on the 15th of November 1897. She was an American boat full of flour, beautiful meat and dishes and cases of apples. No body knew how many sailors were on board or no body knew that she wrecked until the next day. Michael Goggin from Scart and John Driscoll from Dunmanus were the first people to arrive there. They had two boats and no body know how much flour, meat, dishes and apples they took home. They buried all these things under the floors of their houses because the Coastguards were out looking for what was taken, out of the ship. They heard that these two men had everything. They searched the houses of the two men but got nothing.
Every boat from Gunpoint went round to Dunmanus and brought flour, meat and a lot of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Catherine Driscoll
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 93
- Address
- Arderrawinny, Co. Cork
