School: St Oran's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 349

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  1. There were a big storm in our district the year of 1835. It was a snow storm. The snow was up about six feet deep[?] and the people could not go out for fear they would sink in the snow. The snow storm lasted two days. It was on the month of December. It was the eight-teenth of December.
    There was a great wind storm in our district in the year of (1839) This storm in (1839) was on the month of January. This storm did some harm in our district. The[?] roofs was blown of some of the houses our district. It was the thatched houses that the roofs were blown off. There was trees[?] blown down on that year too. The trees[?] fell on the top of the people.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Bradley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Shandrim, Co. Donegal