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School: Malahide (B.)

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Malahide, Co. Dublin
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M. Ó Haodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 129

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    The "Big Wind" occurred in the year 1839. It blew down thatched houses and telephone poles, and uprooted trees, and other things. A snowstorm also occurred in the year 1921.
    It blew down telephone poles, and also broke the wires which were connecting them, and blocked the roads. This happened across a bridge in Malahide. The snow was two feet high on the road. There was a man named Morris McDermot who lived beside
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Thornton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Malahide, Co. Dublin