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School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

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Freemount, Co. Cork
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Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 045

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    a great storm arose, and it was so intense that the Captain never experienced the like before. Naturally enough the Captain and Crew were terrified, and said that the storm must be due to some unnatural cause. They came to the conclusion that there must be a murderer on board.
    Noticing something strange about the man from Kiltane, the Captain questioned him, and after a short time he admitted that he killed the pedlar. The Captain not wishing to have a murderer on board put him into a boat, and left him out in the open sea. Shortly afterwards he was picked up by an English ship and conveyed to Queenstown.
    The authorities at Queenstown
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Goulding
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Hegarthy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolbane, Co. Cork