School: Cúl Chaonaig (Coolkenney) (roll number 14631)
- Location:
- Cúil Chaonaigh, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: S. Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 399
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- (continued from previous page)A ship called the Cambria sailed from New York with three hundred and seventy nine passengers on board coming to Ireland. She sailed for ten days and nights and reached the Irish shore in safety. In the evening the passengers all went to bed in high spirits expecting to be landed safely next morning. They were scarcely in bed when they heard a crash and they all rushed on deck and saw that the boat was smashed against a rock. They put out the life boats as quickly as they could and filled them with men and women. There was a priest named Father Bannon on board. He knelt down and prayed to God to save their lives. But the ship sank with him and a number of others. All in the small boat were lost except one man. The masts of the ship can still be seen at low tide from Malin Head.
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Camaghtagh, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Informant
- James Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Camaghtagh, Co. Dhún na nGall
