The Sea Lark & The Great Irish Holocaust of 1846 /1847 Ballybunion Danny Houlihan

In this episode Danny Houlihan opens a page in his local history forgotten and confined to an old faded book, a period of immense hardship that was put and executed military style on our local Iraghticonnor people of the area in 1846 and 1847 this was called Droch Shaol (The Bad Life).

The Great Irish Holocaust of 1846 & 1847 commonly known as The Famine. This period heralded the extermination of the Irish language its people and our native culture and music to an extent many more years will have to be dedicated to research to uncover the full truth and whole truth of the area.

The Sea Lark was a ship that met her fate on the golden strand south of the present Ballybunion in 1846, she gave hope to starving people at that time .The incident highlights the massive population over 4000 people upwards that was living in the area including Military, Coastguards & so called Landed Gentry and a few rouges that were present on that day as reported by the newspapers and handed down history. All researched from historical accounts of the period newspapers oral and written. This is The Sea Lark Part 1 of Droch Shaol.

Dedicated to our people who died and those who left our shores forever music by Danny Houlihan.

The name of the Captain of the ship was locally known as Hutchinson which was related to me by a local historian years ago, I have consulted other newspapers of the period which note the name Hutchins.

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