School: Cill Bhriotáin (B.) (roll number 14116)
- Location:
- Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Riagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 264
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cill Bhriotáin (B.)
- XML Page 264
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“In the year 1878 a six thousand ton boat was stranded in Courtmacsherry Bay during a dense fog.”
In the year 1878 a six thousand ton boat was stranded in Courtmacsherry Bay during a dense fog. She was called the General Galfield[?Caulfield] and was bound for Liverpool with a cargo of wheat. The crew were rescued and taken safely to Courtmacsherry. The steamer could not be got off and the hull and cargo were purchased by a man named O'Driscoll from Courtmacsherry. Up to this time the vessel hull [?] and cargo were intact. A few days later a terrible storm arose which broke the vessel and a large quantity of wheat was washed ashore.
The purchaser lost all and became a bankrupt. The spot where the vessel was wrecked is marked by a buoy at the present day.
- Collector
- Patrick Keohane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barleyfield, Co. Cork
- Informant
- James Keohane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barleyfield, Co. Cork