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School: Cruachán, An Sciobairín

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Saidhbhín Ní Bhoidbléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0287, Page 038

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    Local Heroes
    The men of Crookhaven were noted oarsmen and sailors. The following account was told by local men.
    About sixty years ago John Driscoll, Thomas Beasley and Stephen Downey set sail from Wales in a sailing vessel with a cargo of coal for South America. They had a terrible passage and the gas of the coal set the cargo on fire. They went to the Falkland Islands and unloaded their cargo. Then they went on their journey.
    They wanted a cargo of manure and had to wait six months for it. Once again they set sail for Hamburg, a place in Germany, with the manure. It took them two years before they came back to Crookhaven.
    They also were great oarsmen. Many years ago there was a regatta in Berehaven and a boat went from Crookhaven to pull in it. The best oarsmen
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Pyburn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Crookhaven, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr T. Driscoll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Crookhaven, Co. Cork