School: Baile Uaitéir (Walterstown) (roll number 12281)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghaill
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- A sad drowning occured at the sea-shore at Ballybrassil about thirty-two years ago. In which four Rathcoursey fishermen lost their lives. Their names were :- David Sheehan, William O Mahony, Thomas Macarthy, and – Fitzgerald. They were lost in a fierce storm, and their bodies were washed up on the strand the following morning. They were removed by horse and car to their homes.
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- Margaret Wilson
- Gender
- Female