School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)
- Location:
- Hollygrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0385
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- (continued from previous page)from a dance heard loud rumbling sounds coming from the bog. They became alarmed as the noise grew louder and louder and the cause of it seemed to approach nearer and nearer.
Rousing the sleeping people in the village of Kilmore, they informed them that something unusual was occurring and danger was at hand. The terror-stricken villagers dressed as quickly as possible and fled to the high lands in the vicinity. Scarcely had they left their homes when the bog of Monageeraghfinn lifted from its bed by force of the underground torrents swept like an avalanche over the district bringing death and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Cunniffe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Cunniffe
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coalpits, Co. Galway
