Youghal's Dark Past - Joe's Ghost

On a dark and ghostly night people in Youghal swear they notice a man shuffling along the quay wall, a duffel bag on his back, a woollen cap on his head. They know it is Joe, he has a small limp. He heads toward the Clock Gate and turns down towards Harvey’s Dock. Silently. When he appears a woman screams “JOE! JOE ! I’m here! I’m here!” He does not hear her. She runs after him screaming his name. His wife ran over, screaming his name, screaming for him to stop but when she got to where he was – he was gone! Vanished! And then someone shouted “ he’s in Grattan Street” and she ran towards the street and spotted him going up Meat Shambles Lane and then again he vanished and slowly she realized he was never coming home. He was just saying goodbye. And she sat down on the road and began to cry helplessly. They never recovered the bodies from the ship but sometimes people swear they have seen the crew in the streets of Youghal, with their little duffel bags, heading home.