School: Lugnaskeehan (roll number 6562)
- Location:
- Lugnaskeehan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire Ní Eibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 469
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- There was a boat lost on Lough Allen on Good Friday night in 1831. The people of Corry left on a boat to a market in Drumshanbo and when they were coming back night fell on them, wind arose, and the boat was lost and there were thirteen lives lost. There was no attempt made to rescue them because there was no other boat on the lake at that time. Then when the people who lived along the shores heard the cries, they lit torches and went out along the shores to show them light. There is a song composed about this disaster.Song.
On the thirteenth day of April 1831
It being on Good Friday morning at the rising of the sun
The neighbour men and women all gathered to the shores
But thirteen of this number returned home no more.
Between Rooskey and Corry they hoisted up their sail
The wind blew from the East and they had a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tom Judge
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tullinwillin, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Pat Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 90
- Address
- Mullaghmore, Co. Leitrim
