School: Willistown, Dunleer (roll number 7597)
- Location:
- Willistown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ó Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 160
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The only shipping disaster which occurred in this district was the loss of a fishing boat with its crew of six which took place on 16th March 1899 in the bay of Dundalk.A number of boats left the harbour here (Annagassan) on a fine evening to fish for flat fish. Shortly after they had reached their usual fishing beds a squall came on: all boats tried to make the harbour: one boat alone failed. The crew was never seen again. The boat was washed ashore about a week later at the foot of the Cooley mountains.
