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The Pomona (1859) - The Song and the Story by John Furlong (2017)

Here is Kilmuckridge native, John Furlong singing a locally penned ballad which tells the story of the ship The Pomona which sank off Ballyconnigar on the 29th of April 1859 with the loss of almost 400 people, mostly Irish emigrants.

The ship left Dublin via Liverpool with 404 passengers and a crew of 44. Of the 448 people on board, 316 of these were Irish, all destined to the New World. However they never made it past Wexford and the ship sank in stormy seas with only 24 survivors, 19 of which were crew.

This film was recorded by Aileen Lambert as part of The Kilmuckridge Song Project in 2017.

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