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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 046

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    their houses that night. They said they would bring the others across in their boats. They did not agree but went off home.
    When they had nearly arrived home they began to quarrel and the boat upset and they were all drowned. There was one girl that did not go with them. She went in a river boat the following day. In that disaster there were 16 or 17 lives lost. There was a song composed about this drowning accident -
    1.
    From Moyne Quay they sailed away
    To Tarbert they were bound
    And little was their notion
    That night for to be drowned.
    2.
    When they reached Carrig Island
    The seas began to roll
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Shannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Shannon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moyne, Co. Clare