School: Sheanmore (roll number 16197)
- Location:
- Sheeanmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Dhonnchadha
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- About two thousand five hundred years ago, a famous Greek scholar found seashells on a hilltop in Sicily and he wondered how they had come to be there. Shellfish he knew are found only at the seaside or in the river beds. the scholar thought hard and said. This hill top must be under the sea once. He was right. Men of science have proved that land where he found sea shells was covered by the ocean once. His inquiry led to the knowledge which we have today in the history of the earth itself and of all the lands. Our own country has been under water several times. It may be said
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- Bríghid Ní Órdha
- Gender
- Female