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School: Rathnageera, Muine Beag

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Rathnageeragh, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 025

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    A Story.
    About sixty years ago a poor widow woman had one cow grazing on the mountain. One day cloud burst of rain fell. The cow came to the gate leading from the mountain to the road. She was sdanding to be let in the river passes at this place it swept the cow off her feet and took her away with the flood about five miles and washed her out on a field then owned by Mr. Fitzgerald of Sheen.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Tracey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathnageeragh, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    James Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Raheenliegh, Co. Carlow