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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 128

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    upon hearing them came to their rescue. They succeeded in saving the son and a few days after the body of John Driscoll was found in Long Island Channel.
    3. Many years ago a great ship "The Stephen Whitney" was wrecked off of Carty's Island sound". It was loaded with bags of gold which floated in and sank in a "cuas" in the western side of Castleisland - one of Carbery's Hundred Isles. This cuas is ever since known as "Poll an Airgid". This gold was never found.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephina Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs E. Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Drishane, Co. Cork