Islands of Ireland: Ghost ship travels 160 miles to rest near sister ship wreck

A big coincidence at a small Cork island

Wreck of Nuestra Senora de Gardtoza which sank in 1990 on Roancarrig Beg Island, Bantry Bay. Picture: Dan MacCarthy

The former lighthousekeeper of the very small Bantry Bay island, Roancarrigmore, has told this column of the huge waves that sometimes pummelled the lighthouse and crashed across its small courtyard: “Roancarrig is such a low-lying rock that when you get a spring tide and a south-easterly gale the amount of water that will go over the rock will do a huge amount of damage.”