School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)
- Location:
- Blackwater, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 013
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- (continued from previous page)so said above she carried a general cargo and a certain John Murphy was appointed 'watchman' during the Auction. he was ever afterwards known as 'Johnny the watch'.
the 'Salt House' where the auction was held was formerly a hedge school and a certain Miss Roche taught there.
Through somewhat out of place in this narrative I must conclude with this detail: When the ship was beached the sailors cut away the 'sea ropes' as the masts put a great strain on the leaning hull These snapped off with a roar heard four miles away I have been assured.
Pat Parker Ballinadrissogue now 84 years old, remembers seeing the ship in distress from the arms of his weeping mother
- Informant
- John Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Ballynadrishoge, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Martin Tobin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Ballyconnigar Upper, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Pat Parker
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Ballynadrishoge, Co. Wexford
