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School: Cill Gharbh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 10499)

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Kilgarriff, Co. Cork
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Adelaide Mac Carthy
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  1. A Shipwreck

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    Out at the Red Strand Point near Castlefreke Rosscarbery Co. Cork, a ship called the Norwegian was torpedoed by a German ship and a number of people saw it sink from the Galley Head Lighthouse. For weeks after people were going out to see the wreck, and all the goods that were on the ship were seen floating in the sea, such as diamond rings, high-heel shoes, silk stockings, barrels of vaseline, and furs, and people from the district made them into fur coats.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jean Nagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Nagle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Clonakilty, Co. Cork