FABULOUS BOATSTRAND WATERFORD IRELAND

Fabulous boat strand on the R675 between Annestown and Dungarvan Waterford Ireland and the beautiful song 'The water is wide'
http://www.discoverireland.com/ire/
The location of the shipwreck Morning Star back in 1915
http://www.wlrfm.com/wlrfm-podcasts/on-this-day-podcasts/130754-friday-oct-7t...
The Morning Star was a two-masted topsail schooner, built in 1877 by Jones & Co. of Aberystwyth. In 1915 she was owned by Fitzpatrick's of Cork, and on 5 October of that year she set off from Cardiff bound for Cork with a cargo of coal. Her captain was Augustine Christopher of Abbeyside and she had a crew of four: the mate Denis Flynn and James Casey who were also from Abbeyside, and two sailors from Cork.
The Morning Star left Cardiff in fair weather and after two days sailing had reached Mine Head, county Waterford. Suddenly, without any warning, the weather changed dramatically and she was soon seen battling against hurricane-force winds. Captain Christopher decided that his best course would be to steer the battered vessel back into the shelter of Dungarvan Bay. However, as the ship turned her sails were torn to shreds and she began to drift helplessly before the gale. As night began to fall, Morning Star was being driven inexorably eastwards away from safety and ever closer to the rocky Waterford coast. At about ten o'clock, with a hideous crunching of timbers, she struck a reef just off Dunabrattin Head beside Boatstrand.
As the masts snapped and the waves and rocks began to pound the ship to pieces beneath their feet, the captain ordered the crew to abandon ship. They were only one hundred yards from the shore and safety, and help was on the way. Their plight had been observed from the shore, and life-saving gear was being brought from Bunmahon. The rescuers' plan was to fire a cable from shore to ship and bring the crew ashore by breeches buoy. The gear was loaded onto horse and cart and the journey began. But the gun needed to fire the cable was heavy, and Kilmurrin Hill proved to be too steep for the horse. The cart had to be taken round the Kilmurrin valley, which put three extra miles onto the journey, and when the rescuers arrived with their equipment they were too late.
The only crew member to even attempt to reach the shore was the mate, Denny Flynn of Abbeyside. After struggling through the huge waves for what seemed an eternity he at last felt the ground beneath his feet and staggered ashore. Meanwhile, the storm continued to pound the ship to pieces right through the night. Morning revealed a dreadful sight: what had been a fine schooner was now little more than a heap of floating wreckage. Captain Christopher and the remaining three crewmen were drowned.
The Morning Star was wrecked at Boatstrand in 1915 -- on this day.




http://www.irishferries.com/index-uk-ie.asp
God Bless Ireland and her warm kind people.... Enjoying the craic

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[MikePColeStudioPro]

Hello there, Thank you very much! I am just using the Movie maker live that came with Windows 7... All the best, Mike

[filicasv]

nice country,,people and music!!!!!love Ireland it's part of my hard now

[Exzeluke]

This is a beautiful combination of song and scenery that you have created. Thank you for sharing! Cheers, exzeluke

[lustforlife358]

Nice one Mike, what software do you use for the editing??