School: Naomh Bríghid, Blackwater (roll number 7036)
- Location:
- Blackwater, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)were asleep. He went to bed and in the morning he was found dead by his friends.
In the year 1839 there came a very big wind and there was a ship wrecked on the "Blackwater Bank". All the crew were lost. Six of the men came ashore near Ballyvaloo and were buried in Ballyvaloo graveyard. There is an old stone the shape of a sailor over their grave. It is now broken and covered with moss. This stone was found on the strand soon after the storm. - 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.