School: Lecks
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- Lecks, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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- The drowning in Lough Sillan took place in July 1878. Master Mc Cabe his wife and seventeen of his pupils were drowned.
Those drowned were Mary Anne Mc Cabe, Rose Mc Cabe, Mary A Nulty, Ellen Mc Cabe, M Murray, Draftons (2) Cullies, Mc Breen Corravilla, Tierney, O'Reilly of Darkley and the monitor Mc Gorry.
A song - The Drowning in Lough Sillan
1You feeling hearted Christians of every degree
I claim your kind attention
To sympathise with me
Until I relate the unhappy fate
That lately has befell
Seventeen souls upon Lough Sillan
Most sorrowful to tell
IIIt been on the 28th of July
Upon that pleasant year(continues on next page)- Informant
- Laurence Culliton
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Corcreeghagh, Co. Monaghan