At the launch of the Tinnaberna Memorial today were Joe Kavanagh, John Furlong, Lily Byrne, Michael Fortune and Ned Kavanagh.

Six boats with their crews from the Tinnaberna fishing community near Kilmuckridge were blown across to Wales during a violent storm.

A seventh boat belonging to John Walsh of Walshfield, trailed their nets as a sea-anchor and made a safe landing in daylight the following day.

It happened 200 years ago today – November 14, 1815 – and today the first memorial to the Tinnaberna Fishermen was unveiled on the beach that was their traditional landing place for herring and other fish.

A memorial stone and a winch used to haul in the boats was unveiled at this remote spot on the Wexford coast.

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