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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

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Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
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An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 234

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    several acres of it began to move towards the West sweeping all before it. There were two houses in its way and these it swept away.
    The families of one house named Donnellys were drowned because they had received no warning.
    While on the move it could be heard for miles around, bogwood cracking and breaking and water gushing. It kept moving for five days and people all over the country came to see the sight. Its waters formed a river and flowed into the lakes of Killarney.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lilly Meade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Meade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocknagree, Co. Cork