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School: Leithrinn

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Lerhin, Co. Galway
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Seán Ó Labhradha
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  1. Composition - The Moving Bog at Mount Mary

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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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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Labhrás Ó Domhnalláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shantallow, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Seán Ó Domhnalláin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shantallow, Co. Galway