School: Maigh Ard

Location:
Moyard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Dubhshlain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0006, Page 108

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0006, Page 108

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  1. There lived a man once not very far from here in a village beside the Atlantic Ocean. Pat was his name. One day he was fishing in a canoe with three other men. After a while a storm arose and the smooth blue sea became a sea of great big waves and foam and spray. Soon a monstrous wave lifted the canoe and threw the occupants into the sea. Pat was the only one able to swim, one man was drowned immediately but he caught one man in his hand, the other with his mouth. Then he swam with the two men to the shore. There were neighbours on the shore to help him in. One of the rescued men were unconscous and himself was out of breath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Beartly King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moyard, Co. Galway