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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 209

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    Severe Weather
    17th Dec; 1937
    My daddy told that there was a very heavy fall of snow in the year 1933 in the month of February, which lasted for three weeks around this district of Granard, Co. Longford.
    The people living in the country were unable to go to the towns for food, and they had to make the most of what they were able to procure from small out of the way shops, and it was with great difficulty that they reached them either.
    The farmers were badly
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Lynch
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Creevy, Co. Longford