School: Árd na Glaise (M.), Mainistir na Féile

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Ballaghbehy North, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. Long ago there used to be many floods in Ireland. There was one and many people were destroyed and land carried by the river. This flood is about 90 years old. Before this the weather was wild and rainy. This flood held about seven or eight weeks.
    Marie Galvin [?]
    Bally Behy.
    Told to me by my Mother Mrs James Galvin, told to her by her Grandmother Mrs Patrick Fitzgibbon who died at the age of 97 years.
    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
    Marie Galvin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballaghbehy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs James Galvin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballaghbehy, Co. Limerick