School: Kilmuckridge
- Location:
- Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: L. Mac Donnell
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- (continued from previous page)She had a crew of 32 and bound from Liverpool to New York.
The Captain's name was Merrow or Merrie and John & Henry Blair were his quartermasters.
Only six of the crew and one solitary passenger a William Taylor, a native of New Ross were saved
It is stated that the Captain is buried at a place named Ard Colum, a few miles to the South of Kilmuckridge.
The Ships doctor and the bodies of John & Henry Blair are buried in Ballyvalloo cemetery near Blackwater which is five miles from here.
The remarkable thing about this wreck, is that it all happened in a Calm day(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr John Carberry
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Litter Beg, Co. Wexford