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    clenched his hand at them, and warned them for the third time. They took no heed of him, and as he went down under the water he shook his clenched hand at them. At the next moment the young fishermen heard a rush under the boat like of a shoal of herrings. Some of them cast their nets to catch them, but immediately the boats overturned and they were all drowned. The next morning the bodies of seventy-three fishermen were found on the beach, and it is said that there were seventy widows in the Faythe that night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tagoat, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs N. O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tagoat, Co. Wexford