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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Cluain Meala

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Greenan, Co. Waterford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 073

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    slipped and fell in. All night a crowd searched for his body but failed to recover it until next morning. A boy named Kennedy dived in and recovered the body of the boy.
    On Christmas Eve, 1937 a man named John O'Grady was drowned in the Quay in Clonmel which is almost level with the road.
    In is believed that he was on his way to Midnight Mass. A thick fog hung over the town
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. drowning (~292)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Brown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary