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School: St. Brigid's Convent, Kildraught

Location:
Celbridge, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. Donatus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0772, Page 088

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  1. The Flood of 1923 (continued)

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    ...Priests Locum", could be seen hailing an ass and car in order to reach the church door dry-shod.
    Luckily there was no damage done, save for a few hall-mats, which escaped with the rush of water when the various doors were opened.
    The generosity of the Celbridge people was shown to a great extent on this occasion, as cars could be seen bringing eatables to the people in the upper storeys.
    In the after-noon the people were seen emerging from their houses, to gossip to the neighbours about the eventful happenings of the morning.
    Rosie Mulligan
    (address given before)
    Information given by:
    Mr Mullins + R.I.P.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. rain and floods (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosie Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Celbridge, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr Mullins
    Gender
    Male