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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

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Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0763, Page 210

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    hit, because the snow came on so suddenly and so heavily during the night that they were unable to get their live stock brought into a place of safety and large numbers of the animals perished in the storm.
    A man named John McGibney who lived in my townland of Creevy in the parish of Abbeylara, Co Longford went out to look after his cattle, and one of them was missing, so he stood up on a mound of snow, as he took it to be, and immediately the "mound" began to shake, moved off, and he was
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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