School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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- (continued from previous page)shovels from the doors to get out to fodder the cattle. Horses, cattle and sheep were lost in great numbers.
There came a sever storm on the 12th of May about 50 years ago. All the cattle and horses and sheep were on the mountains and many of them were lost. When the cattle were coming from the mountains with the cold on the morning of the storm they awoke all the people with their low. The storm lasted for two weeks. The people suffered a good deal out every day searching for their stock.{Margaret Mc Gourty, from her grandfather, James Mc Gourty of Slievenakilla, Ballinaglera, Co. Leitrim.} - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Máire Ní Fhloinn
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Flynn
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carntullagh, Co. Leitrim