School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)

Location:
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 247

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  1. In the year 1916 a boat called the Conemara sank. It was a stormy evening in November when the ship left Greenore. All the lights were put out because there was submarines going round. When the ship came to a place called Cranfield-point it ran into another ship called the Retriever. There were a hundred people on board the Conemara and some of them were going to America. Out of the hundred people only one man escaped. I think he came from Newry. A woman called Mrs. Keelan was drowned she came from Ladywell terrace Dundalk. The bight that the ship sank a girl in Cooley had a dream she thought that her brother who was on the ship was calling her outside the door. When she
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    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peadar Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Park Street, Co. Louth