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- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Hairt
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- Drowning Disaster in Killala Bay
January 6th, 1831.
Long ago on the 6th of January 1831 a lot of boats went out herring fishing. The storm arose, and opposite Kilcummin Head a crew of nine men were lost. There were three brothers named Kelly's four cousins and two neighbours drowned.
When the storm arose all their friends went to a hill called Cnoc-Mor to see if they could hear the boats coming in, but they did not hear anything but crying in the wind. They knew their people were lost then; and on their return the houses of the three brothers were knocked with the storm, and a(continues on next page)