School: Cruach Ros (roll number 15532)
- Location:
- Croaghross, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Colm Ó Baoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1091, Page 003
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- (continued from previous page)amháin i roilig i mainistear Rath Maolain. Cuireadh tumba os a gcionn agus tá an tumba sin le feiceul go fóill.Thainic bean an chaptaoin isteach baidhte agus fáinne óir ar a mhéár. Ghéarr siad an mhéár duithe leis fháinne a fhághail.Thainic trí gunnaí móra isteach le stoirm aistí agus tá siad le feiceal in áit darb' ainm Grianphort go foill. Cuireadh ceann acu ar bhárr chnuic agus tugadh an t-ainm "Cannon Hill" ar an chnoc sin ó shoin. Tá an bheirt eile comhgarach ig déunamh ionaid cuaillí do gheafta. (?)Tugadh an t-ainm "Saldanha Head "ar an cinn tíre le thaobh ná h-áite a chuaidh sí síos. Rinn á mairnéulaigh a bhí uirthí amhrán fá dhaoine ná h-áite. Seo mar fuair ná scolaírí é :-
Come all you gallant sea-men bold
That to the sea belong;
I hope you'ill pay attention,
I will not hold you long.
It is of the "Talbot" sloop-of-war,
And the "Saldanha" also;
On the fourth day of November last,
They both to sea did go.(continues on next page)
