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School: Ballylongford (C.) (roll number 11019)

Location:
Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0402, Page 064

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    and it surrounded their house and they could not get out. Before the flood rose very high, a few men rescued the people by means of a boat. There were a few cows and a horse there too, but they could not take them out, and they were drowned.
    When the bog went as far as Ballylongford Bridge, it got blocked, and the people had to cut it up with hay knives or it would knock the bridge and the people would be drowned. There are pieces of the bog to be seen still, along the banks of the river in which it ran.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. rain and floods (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Dee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghanagran Middle, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Jeremiah Dee
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghanagran Middle, Co. Kerry