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School: Baile an Churraigh

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Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 409

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    1. In Thomas Clarke's land in Ussey,
    Ballymoe, Co. Galway there was a
    spring well under an old bush. One day
    a women rinsed her clothes in it.
    Immediately it dried up and sprang up
    about twenty yards away. The place
    where the well was can be seen yet
    under the old bush.
    2. Years ago part of the bog of Kilmore
    ran away. For weeks beforehand
    the people could hear it roaring. it
    moved along for miles. When it
    started the bogholes bursted and
    made their own river. One woman
    was smothered in her own house
    and all the stock that were on the
    land which it reached. A dog
    climbed up to a house and stayed
    there until men
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Quinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ussey, Co. Galway