Sea Disasters

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• The story of the 'Francis Spaight', Limerick Chronicle 20/12/1952
  

• The death of a cabin boy [Patrick O'Brien], Old Limerick Journal, vol. 9, Winter 1981

• The death of a cabin boy , by Frank Hamilton, The Changing Face of Limerick     
  

• The 'Francis Spaight' - extract from Limerick, The Rich Land by Séan Spellissy

• The 'Francis Spaight' - extract from 'Cannibilism and the Commom Law' by Brian A. W. Simpson

• Melancholy week of the Francis Spaight of Limerick, Limerick Chronicle 13/1/1836, p2

• Two 1841 shipping disasters [the Minstrel and the Barque Amanda] by Tom Donovan, Old Limerick Journal vol. 41, Winter 2005

• 'Kyleclare' of Limerick in World War II, An Cosantóir, March 1979

• Sailors who died in the wreck of the Derry Castle, Limerick Chronicle 07/07/1962

• The 'Thomas', Limerick Chronicle, March 1823

• The 'Alma Hein', Limerick Chronicle 15/03/1921

• Limerick crew had rough night ashore 'Bellaport', Limerick Chronicle 23/06/1962

• Windmill man died a hero in sea collision - Kincora, LimerickChronicle 18/08/1962

• Limerick ship sunk, attacked in convoy ['Clonlara'], Limerick Chronicle 28/08/1941

• The Jane Black, Limerick Chronicle 08/01/1859
  

• Sea epic recalled [The Derry Castle], Limerick Chronicle 28/04/1992
  

• Some shipwrecks near Kilkee, by Seán Marrinan, The Other Clare, vol. 4, April 1980

• A Limerick man lived to tell the tale (Pat Hanley, Lusitania survivor), Limerick Leader 6/6/1964

• Limerick man was 92 days on a desolate island, Limerick Leader 13/8/1986

• 3 items re. the 'Bellaport'; thought lost but recovered, Limerick Chronicle 16/10/1886, 19/10/1886, 21/10/1886

• '93 disaster on the Shannon, Limerick Christmas Gazette '88, p63

• The wreck of the 'Edmond - a tragedy for Limerick, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991
  

• The wreck of the 'Leon', Limerick Chronicle 28/7/1992

• Limerick man (James McGhie) was 92 days on a desolate island (Enderby Island) from 21/3/1997 to 19/7/1887, Limerick Chronicle 18/8/1992

• The wreck of the 'Edmund' to be remembered this week, Limerick Leader 11/8/1997

• The loss of the schooner, Undine [1839] by Tom Donovan, Old Limerick Journal vol. 41, Winter 2005

• Maritime war disaster is marked by An Post (sinking of RMS Leinster), Limerick Leader 4/6/2008

• Some shipwrecks near Kilkee, by Séan Marrinan, Ireland's Eye magazine, 2010, issue 7

• Limerick's Titanic: the remarkable shipwreck survival of Jerome Sullivan, Limerick Life 5/10/2016, p34 & 35

• The S.S. Kerry Head by Patrick J. McNamara, Old Limerick Journal vol. 43, Summer 2009

• The last voyage of the M.V. Plassy by Michael Kirwan, Old Limerick Journal vol. 44, Winter 2010

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