It was one of five songs locally made on the incident, still being sung by local singers, including Ollie
STEVIE O'HALLORAN

The event is celebrated annually in Quilty and the local Church has a display of some of the reliques inside as well as versions of the sings framed in the porch
The Church "Our Lady of the Sea" was named in its memory
HERE
Canoes (curraghs) similar to those used for the rescue are still to be found in people's gardens ut it's a long time since I saw one in use (except during one of the celebratory weekends)
One of the singers we recrded, Mikey kelleher was a noted curragh maker, as was Michael Falsey
Jim Carroll