School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 125
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- (continued from previous page)every day and that was his payment. Irish was not spoken by master or pupils. They used to write on a slate with a slate pencil.
- A Great Storm There was a very severe storm in 1903. It happened on the twenty-sixth of February. It blew down many trees across and that left the road impassable. It lifted the roofs off galvanized sheds and houses. It blew slates off houses also. The farmers suffered heavy losses because their hay and straw were blown(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Lenihan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Gillick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moyleroe Big, Co. Westmeath
