The Shannon Floods

The Connacht Tribune, Christmas Number, Saturday, December 8, 1928.

Fears of a Bog Slide

There has been some subsidence in the floods in Banagher. A week ago, 21 families in Reisk, Carta, and Clonfert Callows were obliged to leave their homes and remove their stock to Clonfert, Eyrecourt, Shannon Harbour and Moystown. The villages Reisk, Carta and Clonfert are bounded by the Shannon and Suck and by the Grand Canal, and are hemmed in by the floods, being only accessible by boats. A danger is that the high red bog at the back of their houses may move towards the valley of the Shannon and carry them with it. One member of each family keeps watch during the night for any sudden disturbances. The floors of the houses are raised with planks and sod banks.

Dragging operations are still in progress to recover the body of John Egan, of this district, who was drowned on Monday last. Roads in the neighbourhood of Banagher and Shannon Harbour are still submerged, traffic being rendered dangerous.

Guards Chase — Alleged Discovery of a Still House

In the early hours of Monday morning, when on a poteen hunt through the mountains, Sergeant Ferguson and Guards McCabe and Tallon, of the Moycullen barrack, at Slievaneena, came across a still house stated to be in full working order. Two men are alleged to have been in the still house. The guards, after a chase, caught two men. On investigation the guards are alleged to have found 8 gallons of poteen and some apparatus in the still—house.

At a special court at Moycullen on Monday, before Mr. Geoghegan, P. C., Thomas Barrett, and Peter Barrett, cousins of Slievaneena, were charged in connection with the discovery.

They were remanded on bail to the next district court at Spiddal.