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School: Scattery Island

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Scattery Island, Co. Clare
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Nóra Ní Cholgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 074

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    Drownings.
    Forty years ago Mick Melican, a Scattery Island pilot, together with his wife and son, went to Kilrush in a four men canoe. They bought 80 eighty stones of seed potatoes, and when they attempted to return home that evening they found that they could not do so owing to a strong westerly gale. They called in at Cappa, and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Cholgáin
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Cáit Bean Uí Mhaolacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Scattery Island, Co. Clare