School: Leithrinn

Location:
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Labhradha

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Composition - The Moving Bog at Mount Mary

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 166

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An Scoláire:
Labhrás Ó Domhnalláin
Seantalamh
Clúinbhíoráin
Maghlocha
Co. Na. Gaillimhe.

Ainm & seoladh an té a thug an t-adhbhar seo dom:
Seán Ó Domhnalláin
Seantalamh
Clúinbhíoráin
Maghlocha
Co. Na. Gaillimhe.
Composition 28adh-1-38
"The Moving Bog at Mount Mary"
My father told me this story. He told me he went to see it when it happened. The Winter of Nineteen Hundred and Five was a very severe Winter. It happened in the Month of February. One night about midnight all the people were awakened by a great noise. It happened in Ballygar in the village of Mountmary. When all the people got up, all the land was covered with bog. The river got under the bog

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Collector
Labhrás Ó Domhnalláin
Gender
male
Address
Shantallow, Co. Galway
Informant
Seán Ó Domhnalláin
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Shantallow, Co. Galway
Language
English