School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
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- (continued from previous page)From Queenstown bound by orders to cross the Atlantic wave
(II)This vessel was an iron-clad with copper she was ladenHer sails they were all shattered because she got no havenTwo hundered days she ploughed the seas oh; sad it was her lotThat night she lay in Brandon bay where no anchor could be got
(III)Early next morning the seas began to roll"Port Garrick" drew her anchor and to the seas did goThe sea rolled high and heavily 'twas plain she couldn't standDark night approached she lay a wreck upon Kilcummin strand
(IV)And mournful was the scene as the ship began to breakAnd twenty human bodies into the deep were laidGood Christians all who may pass by remember Brandon BayWhere Captain Forbes and all his men close to the shore were laid- Collector
- Úna Ní Loingsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Díarmuid Ó Loingsigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kells, Co. Kerry