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School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

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Fohanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0043, Page 0107

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    1. There was a big wind in this locality on the sixth of January 1839. It was the hardest ever recorded in this country. It carried salt with it from the sea felled trees and did great damage to [?] houses. There is a story told of an old woman who lived then. Her walls were shaking with the wind so she went and sat under a massive tree for shelter. The tree fell on her and killed her. There was a big fall of snow about 23 years ago. There were snowdrifts as high as house and the people were making trap holes for each other. The snow froze and carts could be pulled over it.
    2. My grandfather was gambling one night in the year 1839. When he was coming home, the hat was blown off his head and he got it the following morning at the sluice of the mill in Ballinderry and a hare in it. There was a cloudburst in New [?] in September 1883 and it brought the turf out of the bog and out on the road.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynabanaba, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Martin Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilconnell, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Michael Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doon Lower, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Patrick Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fohanagh, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Seán Kirwan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrafine, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Mc Loughlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynabanaba, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Keane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doon Lower, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Sweeney
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fohanagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilconnell, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Frank Bracken
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garrafine, Co. Galway