School: Convent of Mercy, An Pasáiste, Corcaigh
- Location:
- Passage West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- (continued from previous page)ship on a voyage to South America but he never returned as he was stricken with fever and died.
- The following is a poem he wrote on seeing the cenotaph erected to the memory of Captain Roberts (the man who commanded the steamship "Sirius" on her first voyage to America) who was drowned when the steamship "President" sank.I gazed upon the monumental stone
A sad memorial by affection raised
An humble tribute justly due to one
By all who knew him loved, revered and praised.
And as I gazed and thought how deep - how well(continues on next page)- Collector
- W.J. Kearney