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School: An Mhainistir, Malla (roll number 12519)

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Mallow, Co. Cork
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An Bráthair Lúcás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 517

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    rose so high that it swept the parapet of the Bridge with it and was flowing across the road. A glavanized railing of the G.A.A. park which adjoins the Blackwater was also swept away. This has not yet been replaced.
    Despite this terrible flood there is no definite account of any lives being lost. While it lasted it was no uncommon sight to see loaves of bread and other necessaries being distributed to the people through second storey windows. If the Blackwater was an "Irish Rhine", Bridge St was indeed Irish Venice.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    E. Carroll
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork