School: Baile Uí Chróinín (roll number 10594)
- Location:
- Ballycroneen West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chroitigh
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“In Ballyandreen at the edge of a cliff lies a piece of land called the "Cheirneac".”
(continued from previous page)unearthed a copper pot, which is still preserved in Ballycatoo.
They say, too, that a man was digging trenches round the place. Suddenly the spade disappeared through the ground, and was never found.
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“A few days before Christmas 1865, the Ibis, a steamship was lost at Ballycroneen Bay, a little to eastward of Poerhead...”
A few days before Christmas 1865, the Ibis, a steamship was lost at Ballycroneen Bay, a little to eastward of Poerhead. She left London with a valuable cargo, fifteen passengers and a crew of twenty-five men. A terrible gale blew on the following day, her engines broke down off Ballycrooneen. Captain Holland, unable to sail out of the bay came to anchor and rode out the gale safely that night. The following morning the steamer Sobrino under Captain Stavety was sent to her rescue and after great trouble two tug boats got her in tow. The tow ropes broke and the Ibis was driven(continues on next page) - Collector
- Billy Mc Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Eugene Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballyshane, Co. Cork