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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 094

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  1. Lough Sillan Drowning

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    The drowning on Lough Sillan occurred on the twenty-fifth July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. The victims in this disaster were the master and his wife, the mistress, the monitress, and thirteen scholars from Cullies school.
    The master brought them out for an evenings enjoyment. He brought the girls out the first evening and he was to bring the boys out the next evening but the boys did not get out on account of the drowning the first evening.
    When they were all seated they began to cheer and laugh but when they were a short distance from land the boat began to sink and their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumhillagh North, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs Honora O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Druminnick, Co. Cavan