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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

Location:
Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 399

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  1. Báisteach Throm agus Tuilte

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    On the night of the 14th of August, 1927, there came a great flood.
    There is a river running behind our house, and it burst its banks and flowed everywhere; it flowed almost into our house.
    Barrels, pots, big stones and trees were carried down by it.
    The lawn which is quite close to Heathfield House was covered with big rocks of stones, and thousands of trout were lying dead all over it.
    The people going to Mass on the morning of the 15th of August had to return home, as the road was covered with water.
    Crops round this place were destroyed with the flood and the gravel which it brought in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. rain and floods (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie O' Hara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Eileen O' Hara
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortatoor, Co. Mayo