Mary, 20 January 1791

The Mary, Master J Dwyer, was a single decked brig, 70 tons burden, Irish built in 1787, with a draught of water of 9 ft. when loaded. She was owned by Salts & Co, classified as A1 and was last described as a constant trader between Waterford and Newfoundland.[1]

Saturday morning about five o’clock, the brig Mary, captain Dwyer master, bound from Waterford to Milford, with 150 recruits on board run aground off the bay of Tramore, but providentially none of the crew perished. In the confusion which this accident occasioned, several of the recruits who first gained the shore escaped into the country.[2]

The Mary arrived at Carrick on Tuesday 7^th June in ballast from Waterford,where she lay this good while, having been under repair there, since her being stranded at Tramore; her repairs, ‘tis said cost over £400. She came to Carrick under the command of Captain Joe Dwyer, but the command was shortly taken from him.[3]

She later voyaged to Cadiz, under a new master in 1792.

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[1] Lloyd’s Register, 1791.

[2] Finn’s Leinster Journal, 26 January 1791.

[3] Michael Coady, Editor, James Ryan’s Commonplace Book, Carrick 1993, page 4.