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School: An Pasáiste, Corcaigh

Location:
Passage West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
William Meiklejohn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 040

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    A cannon was found in Passage in the new railway line 1847. The cannon was located by N. Lester and his schoolmates. They were digging a hole to make a camp. They saw some brass work and they said it was a cannon. When it was located it was measured and it was found that it was 18 feet long and had an 8 inch bore[?] It was very rusty and its brass was all verdigris. It was reported to the police and they came and they arrested the finders. They removed the cannon to the barrack and they inquired into matters. It was dispatched to London and put into the museum and exhibited many times. The names of the men who found it were engraved[?] in the brass work of the cannon. It can be seen to the present day. It is not like the cannons nowadays. It is of a very old type.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    C. O' Connell
    Informant
    N. Lester
    Address
    Passage West, Co. Cork