School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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Cruadhtan.
A Spanish ship came into Quilty some years ago.Wheat that was in it.S. S. Leon was the name of it.The night was dark and stormy.The ship hit against a rock that is near Quilty. Farmers were fishing when the ship came in.They helped the men that were in the ship,and all were saved. The ship got broken and the people divided the wheat.The Spaniards also gave money to the people that saved them.They built a chapel with the money.
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs Downes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Sgéal Eile.
Some years ago a woman livedin Toloughaboy -three and a half miles from Connolly.Mary Boland was her name.She went out one night alone because she did not like to waken anybody.They did not see(continues on next page)
