School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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- Informant
- Patrick Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Contributed by Dominick McGrath, Castle Hill.There was a great storm in this district in 1916, when the Greenore cattle boat which was called the "Connemara" collided with the "Retiriever", which had a cargo of coal bound for Newry. The "Connemara" was bound for Holyhead with her usual cattle cargo. There were 97 lives lost and there was only one survivor who was from Warrenpoint and his name is John Boyle. How he was saved was, he caught hold of a cow's tail and the cow dragged him to the shore.
- Contributed by Seán White, Chapel Hill.
In the year 1916 a terrible storm broke out, which sank the "Connemara". Before it left the Quay, all the rats went(continues on next page)