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School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)

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Duckstown, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 348

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    In 1837 there was a great storm it was called the big wind. It tore down houses and a lot of trees fell. In February 1893 there was a great snow fall. The snow was about five feet height.About 60 years ago there was a great drought. It burned all the crops and the grass. Michael O Grady a neighbour tells that no rain fell from St Patricks day to June 12th. In a garden of about four acres he had only six stalks of corn. The storm of 1839 stripped a hay barn in Clare and brought its cover across the Shannon and landed it in Askeaton.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    2. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Fráthaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Duckstown, Co. Limerick