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Looking forinformation on a shipwreck in April 1847. The ship was the Carricks of the Whitehaven line. It was about4 miles to the east of Cape Rosier. It wastransporting Irish immigrants durine the potato famine in Ireland. The story I have heard is that when the passengers sighted land a storm came up and wrecked the ship. there were few survivors,among the people saved were the family of my great great grandparents. All ten of them survived the wreck and made it to shore. The family was Felix and Ellen O\'Rafferty and their 2 sons and 6 daughters. There was another family of Patrick Kavanagh and his wife Sarah MacDonald and one son Martin who survived the wreck, their five other children drowned. TheKavanagh family stayed and settled at Jersey Cove and had another 4 children. I would like to hear from any decendants of this family in hopes of learningabout this voyage and shipwreck. Thank you
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