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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 118

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    A few weeks after the crew were lost off the Dursey Head, there was a Dursey crew down to Garnish fishing. Early in the morning they were coming home and a little north of Oileán na Naomh they saw a breaker coming for them side-ways. They could do nothing. It was coming too quickly to head her up on it to give them any chance to avoid being swamped. Every man thought to himself that it was a very short time they got after the other crew. The breaker came and struck the boat on her side and passed clean over her. Nothing came into the boat but a small spray. None of them could understand how it happened that they were not swamped.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. catching animals
          1. fishing (~216)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Dudly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmichael, Co. Cork