School: An Bóthar Buí (B.), Áth Treasna (roll number 16396)
- Location:
- Boherboy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 135
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- (continued from previous page)subsided to let them return home.
The whole valley was a scene of desolation next day. The river had torn its banks and in some places had changed its course. Fences had been swept hay. The "inches" were covered over with large lumps of peat. Hay was scattered in all directions having been swept away out of the meadows. Cattle had disappeared, having been swept away by the current. The strands along the river were piled up with sand and gravel many feet in height.
The storm and flood gave material for conversation to the people adjoining the river for many a week after.
A few days later the weather cleared again and continued fine for the remainder of the harvest
- Collector
- John Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Islandbrack, Co. Cork
