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School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)

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Kilcomane, Co. Cork
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Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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  1. Local Songs - Drowning in Dunmanus Bay

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    You mariners and fishermen
    Come listen to my song
    And if you will attention pay
    It won't detain you long
    How six poor men did lose their lives
    It grieves me for to say
    Nigh to the shore of Kilcrohane
    That lies in Dunmanus Bay
    On the 20th of September
    All in that present year
    That was the night of a terrible gale
    Through the country far and near
    Just as the sun had gone to rest
    They went their nets to cast
    They little thought upon that night
    That it would be their last.
    Those six young men were in their prime
    And healthy for to view
    Two of them were Mc. Carthys
    Tim Spillane and Donovans two
    And also Charles Coughlan
    As the public papers tell
    But I hope for all eternity
    In Heaven their souls will dwell
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Hegarty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunmanus, Co. Cork