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School: Killygordon (roll number 11585)

Location:
Killygordon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Eibhlín Ní Loinsigh
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    would have been drowned.
    James Elliot of Ballinman had a cart swept away down the Miltown burn. It was caught in the Crossroads barracks and only for it the barracks and all would have been swept away. It left holes and whirl pools which took months to fill up in Drumavish and Ballinman.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. rain and floods (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Bates
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumevish, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Robert Bates
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumevish, Co. Donegal