What is recorded here
Cleggan fishing disaster 28th October 1927 marks a tragic loss of life on the waters off County Galway. The date remains etched in local memory, a sharp reminder of the sea’s indifference to human ambition. Fishermen went out trusting muscle and wood, but the water kept its own counsel. That October night stripped pride from the town and left behind a wound still visible in the silence of the harbour.
Cleggan fishing disaster 28th October 1927 is recorded as a memorial in County Galway. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
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