School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gort na Léime, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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- A Burning
A few years ago as we were coming from Mass we saw a blaze in the bog in the place where a house should be. On going to the place they found that the house was on fire. The owner said that the lamp was lit all night (and) It was hanging near the roof and that it caught the board which set on fire. The owner who was-: Mike McDermot Curragh Dummore.
As the men were cutting turf a few days ago they saw a blaze. A piece of bog set on fire and (on) it was not long until it caught a field of potatoes. It was burning there for two days. The owner was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Katty Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Cnocán Breac, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mr Richard Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- An Cnocán Breac, Co. na Gaillimhe
