School: Leithrinn

Location:
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Labhradha
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    and carried it over many fields and destroyed them.
    All the people who heard the noise got up and ran out of the way of the way of the moving bog. All the fowl and sheep and cattle were drowned. The people knocked trees into the river to stop the bog from getting into the bridge. If it got into the bridge the town would be in danger of being drowned.
    There was a woman living alone in a small house in the middle of the bog. She was deaf. She did not hear the noise. All her cattle were drowned. Herself was drowned. There were Two miles of a road covered by the bog.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Labhrás Ó Domhnalláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shantallow, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Seán Ó Domhnalláin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shantallow, Co. Galway