Quilty Fisherman, The

DESCRIPTION: The French ship Leon strikes a rock off County Clare. "Eighteen men in six canoes," fishermen from Quilty, "cross the wild and stormy sea," "three miles," and "saved the captain and twelve men from the sinking ship"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1995 (IROConway01)
KEYWORDS: sea ship storm wreck rescue Ireland
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Oct 3-4, 1907 - French ship Leon XIII, bound for Shannon, "was lost in a hurricane on the Irish coast near Quilty, County Clare"; the crew of thirteen was rescued by eighteen fishermen from Quilty. (Source: "Brave Irishmen Rescued Sailors," _The Binghampton (N.Y.) Press_, Nov. 9, 1907, citing _The Clare Champion_ of Oct. 12, 1907)
FOUND IN: Ireland
Roud #25070
RECORDINGS:
Ollie Conway, "The Quilty Fisherman" (on IROConway01)
File: RcTQuiFi

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