School: Doire Leathan, Grange (roll number 14843)

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1. Shipwrecks (continued)

   

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   perished in the sea,

   The captain leaves a loving wife and a family of ten,

   As a husband and a father he was foremost amongst men,

   Poor Treacy leaves a widow and little children eight,

   And Murphy's care were five in all who now lament his fate,

   Edward Towey leaves a widow and a family of five

   To mourn a tender father for he loved them when alive,

   And how oft will Mrs. Treacy in the stillness of the night,

   Think on her awful vision and her little child in sight,

   Now to conclude and finish I have little more to say,

   But that their souls may rest in peace, let every Christian pray,
   
   And I hope a generous public assisted by the Press,

   Will start a widows' and orphans' fund, to relieve their sad distress.

   
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   The Pomonó was another great

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
         1. shipwrecks (~384)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairéad Ní Shamhradhain

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrownamaddoo, Co. Sligo