The Cooleen

The Cooleen was one of the many ships that were wrecked along the coast of Ballycotton in the 19th century.

Built in 1876 and owned by Barkley and Co., the 657 ton iron barque was carrying wheat from Belfast on 9th January 1894, when it became stranded and wrecked 200 yards from the shore of Ballycotton, near Ballytrasna Rock.

The captain of the ship was Captain B. Bartlet, and although the cause of the wreckage is not clear, the Irish Wrecks webpage states that the wind force at the time was heavy.

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