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   as the thatch was blown away. You can still see at the present day, the old turned roots of some of the trees which were knocked that night. Zinc roofed sheds were blown away that night also.

   

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   I There was a great storm of wind in 1903. It was in the month of February. The wind first blew from the south but it kept changing until it was blowing from the north-west. It blew down from Doyle's house of Ballyhoman, Askeaton, Co. Limerick. It also knocked one of the big poplar trees in front of Doyle's house. Doyle's house belongs to James Nolan at present. II There was a terrible frost in 1918. It lasted for seven weeks. There was a gale from the east along with the frost. It killed nearly all he birds in the country. The

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   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Thomas Stokes

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyhomin, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   John O' Shaughnessy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   23

   Address

   Ballyhomin, Co. Limerick