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School: Cúlfada (roll number 13763)

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Culfadda, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Liam Barún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 141

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    The British Isles do not offer very much from severe storms in comparison with other parts of the world. The principal storms of the British Isles are:- Thunder lightning and High winds. Simmer is the most time we get the thunder storms. The lightning sometimes inflicts damage to trees houses and cattle. One storm which came four years ago did much destruction. The lightning destroyed several trees ripped the roofs off houses and killed a cow and horse in our county. But of late such storms are rare. Much
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Hannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Listrush, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Jim Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Listrush, Co. Sligo