INTO THE MUSIC/ BLACK IRISH BAND ( #2) The Wreck of the Pomona, Words & Music, Patrick Michael Karnahan (c) (p). first recorded in 1991, wrote in 1989. This original song was written in Ireland in 1989. I had visited the Wexford County Museum, inside a castle, and on the third floor was a section on maritime history. Outside it was raining with thunder and lightning. I remember reading the story of the Pomona, and looking at the bow figure mounted on the wall. One of the few things that were taken from the ship. She was a maiden with long flowing hair, one hand reached out with corn in her hand, the other was in a bag of grain. I then wondered what Irish Immigrants must have thought when getting on board, bound for Americia. It said there was much dancing that night as she sailed in the darkness out of Liverpool England. In less than 12 hours the ship was on the bottom of the ocean. As I kept reading, a flash of lightning filled the large room, it danced over the maiden, and her eyes of painted wood came to life for a second. I ran out of the hall and out into the rain below. I drove for an hour on a small country road. I saw a small hill in the distance, and drove to the top. On the top of that hill is where I wrote the entire song..... below is a historical note----------- Four Hundred and Twenty Persons Drowned ! We have already referred, the Union, to the shipwreck of the American ship Pomona, Capt. Merrihew, which sailed from the Mersey on the 27th of April, and wrecked on Blackwater Bank, near Wexford, Ireland, on Thursday, April 2Sth. She had 375 passengers and a crew of fifty-two men. Seventeen of the former are reported saved, and three of the latter. The rest were drowned, the ship sicking in nine fathoms water. THE REST OF THE STORY- The Black Irish Band recorded the song on our very first Cd album, The Forgotten Fields of America in 1991. It was also featured on the 2000 recording of Into the Arms of the Sea. The introduction was performed by me on concertinia, I nicknamed the melody- Departure, It is a fast Irish jig, full of happyness that ends up in a tragic melody that leads into the main melody. The late ken Darby performed on Mandolin while Steve McArthur counterpointed on the Mandola. The late Lloyd Jones Jr. performed on Melodeon. I took the lead vocal while on guitar. Over a year ago, I was contacted by an Irish Dive team, their leader a Roy Stokes from Dublin. Roy had heard the song and was interested in finding the wreck of the Pomona and diving on her. During the summer of 2014, the wreck was found and the dive crew took many dives on the ship. Items that were found were all noted and presented as photos to the Irish History Museum. youtu.be/3HISAZZ35p8
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