School: Carrowbeg (roll number 10754)
- Location:
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Rachel Nic an Ridire
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- Collector
- Constance Norris
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Norris
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- There was a ship called the Merry Snow wrecked down at the shore at Glenagivney Bay, over hundred years ago now. The men belonging to that district put a fire on the bend head one dark foggy night and the Captain, thinking it was a Lighthouse made straight for it and struck the rocks, put a hole in the ship and she filled with water at once. Some of the men that were on her were drowned immediately but a few(continues on next page)