The Wreck of The Algores
The top of the mast of the wreck of the Algores is still visible in Dunfanaghy Bar. The Algores was a cargo boat owned and operated by Samuel Grey, owner of the Grey Line Shipping Company in Belfast. In 1925 she left Clare bound for Anterpt in Belgium with a load of flagstones. Unfortunately neither […]
The Wreck of the Dinas
Walkers on the beach at Killahoey in Dunfanaghy can sometimes see a shipwreck visible on the beach close to the car park at Catherine’s Island, especially after a period of easterly Gales. This wreck is the Dinas FD63, a steam trawler originally built in Milford Haven in Wales. At the time of her loss, she […]
“The Maid of Marble Hill”
“Beyond Sheephaven’s foaming tide three dreary miles away Unto a maid who there resides a visit I must pay. For there a thousand times a day my thoughts against my will Cross o’er, and bid me follow them to the Maid of Marblehill. My love’s a young and handsome maid the sunlight’s in her hair […]
A Short History of the Dunfanaghy Schools
These days, the children of the Dunfanaghy area have their education needs looked after by the National Schools in the community; Holy Cross, Holy Trinity, Faugher, Ballymore and Murroe which in recent years have undergone refurbishments to bring them into the digital age. It has not always been like this and schools have come a […]