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School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0384

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  2. The Moving Bog

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    From the earliest ages to the beginning of 1909 there was a vast track of bogland on the eastern slope of " Mount Mary known as (Mog) Monageeraghfin
    One Sunday towards the end of January there was a heavy rain fall which caused flooding in many districts. On that Sunday evening people noticed a large flood adjacent to the bog disappearing through an underground passage hither to unknown in the locality
    About twelve o'clock on that night people returning
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Cunniffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Cunniffe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway