School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Sr. M. Agatha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 353
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- In 1935 a very heavy wind passed over Castlecomer. It was called a Cyclone or fairy wind. It happened at about 8 p.m. in Cloneen. There was not a sign of it in the town of Comer. It arose in Glenmullen wood in Coolbawn.
It swept the roof off a pig sty, and a hen house and hens were found a couple of fields away. A big sow belonging to a man out there was found in Clough. A room of a house was found in a field a couple of miles away. A sheetiron roof was found twisted around a tree as if nailed to it. Bycicles were mangled to pieces, even the frames were twisted. The turnips were lifted completely out of the ground. The chimneys were blown off the houses. The cocks of hay in a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Chatsworth Street, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr William Ryan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghamucky, Co. Kilkenny
