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School: Oileán Baoi (Dursey) (roll number 13138)

Location:
Dursey Island, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0274, Page 098

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  3. XML “Boat of Bacs and Dales Lost in Faill an Ghalláin”
  4. XML “The Sinking of The Rio at Oileán Aolbhach”

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  1. Boat of Bacs and Dales Lost in Faill an Ghalláin (continued)

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  2. The Sinking of The Rio at Oileán Aolbhach

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    On Christmas Day 1888 a schooner was sailing up towards the Dursey head going to America. She was called "The Rio". She was a very old boat and the Captain and crew were afraid to chance the voyage across. Instead of keeping going west, they turned down along the south-west of Dursey Island. They sounded the ground first under Cill Mhichíl
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