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School: Cill Dá Lua (B.)

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 020

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    Living as we do near Lough Derg and the River Shannon there are many records of loss of life by drowning of which the following are records.
    In the year 1856 (April) three young Englishmen (names unknown) believed to have been officers of the British army were visiting a young man of the country gentleman class at Dromineer, Co. Tipperary on the shores of Lough Derg, seven miles north of Killaloe. Henry Homles (people of his name still live at Dromineer) owned a fast sailing yacht. One evening the four young men visited Mountshannon on the opposite shore of the lake. It was almost night fall when they set out to return to Dromineer and a strong wind was blowing. Tale or tidings of the yacht or of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Michael Lewis
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Newtown, Co. Clare