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IRISH SYCAMORE
Irish Sycamore
aground Mar Del Plata Argentina JOHN GARVEY |
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IRISH SYCAMORE CREW 1963 |
Irish Sycamore taken in Boston with a family that come on board in 1963. Paddy Balmaine, Jack O'Connor, Liam Kelly |
This photo was taken on the
MV IRISH SYCAMORE in Corpus Christie, We flew out from We left The port had no facilities for handling the vast
amounts of grain and it was unloaded onto the quay wall by carpet slings
filled by shovels. There were vast mountains of it on the quays and it
was going rotten at one end while being unloaded at the other end.
It was also being eaten by huge flocks of parrots, mynah birds and some
of the biggest rats imaginable. I am writing my memoirs at the moment
of my time at sea and I would like to hear from anyone with whom I
sailed. e-mail.
cormaclowth@utvinternet.com Best regards, Cormac
Lowth. 7th.August 2008 |
IRISH SYCAMORE
in Madras, India 1965 BY CORMAC LOWTH. We joined the SYCAMORE in New Orleans and paid off in Gibraltar after doing a round trip. We were in a few places in India, including Calcutta and Madras, mostly with Famine relief grain and flour, a lot of which was left rotting on the quayside. |
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Jim Mc Ferran was a great man who had
gone out to India and had started several Schools and a Leper hospital and farm. He told me he was sent out there with very little and had sent for a few Irish nuns to help as teachers. The local rich Indians loved to get an Irish Catholic education for their kids and he charged them according to their means to fund the projects. He brought us on a tour of Madras including a visit to the tomb of St Thomas the Apostle at Mylapore. It seems that St. Thomas was murdered there and there are still Christians there who descend from those he converted. He is also revered as a Hindu Saint. |
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