School: Oileán Mhuire (Lady's Island)
- Location:
- Lady's Island, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: G. Ó Murthuile
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0878, Page 148
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- The Wreck of the "Manchester Market"
About thirty years ago, a steamer called the "Manchester Market" ran on Tuskar Rock in a fog. She had a cargo of eight thousand tons of wheat. She was outward bound from Liverpool to America.
The weather was very fine when she was wrecked, and boats from Carne and Rosslare Hbr went out to her every day for some weeks and brought some fittings ashore from her. After about three weeks, she broke in pieces and sank. The crew were saved by Carne and Wexford life boats.
- Collector
- Henry Cullen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Allenstown Big, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs Cullen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Allenstown Big, Co. Wexford
