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locals and other vessels within the harbour she proudly flew from her mast and for
the first time in Irish waters, the National colours, a green flag bearing the emblem
of the harp of Ireland without the crown.
Gabriel died in 1885 at the young age of 52, of consumption having lived an event-
ful and active life in Cobh in the mid. 19th C. He alone reposes in the grave at the
Old Church as he had a son who joined the priesthood and was stationed in Austra-
lia, Gabriel’s wife died on a visit to her son and was interred in Australia, far from
her native Cork and her beloved husband.
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