Memorial to be unveiled to lake drowning victims
A memorial will be unveiled next to Lough Sillan near Shercock, Co Cavan, tomorrow to mark the anniversary of the tragedy in which a school principal, his wife, two school staff and 13 pupils died within minutes of going out on the 460-acre lake.
On Thursday morning, July 25, 1878, schoolmaster Michael McCabe decided to bring his female pupils on a boat trip but after travelling just 100 yards, the flat-bottomed Tarus began taking in water.
