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School: Ballykelly

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Ballykelly, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Uadain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0873, Page 247

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    There was a snowfall in the year 1919 and in the month of February.
    The snow was on the ground for a month. The first Sunday that it was on the ground the people could not go to Mass because it was so high.
    The people made paths from Whitechurch to Ballykelly to walk on. The snow only drifted in some places. There was no snow on the main road. The snow was as high as the ditches.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Molloy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Whitechurch, Co. Wexford

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    Abut sixty years ago a corpse was carried from Ballysop to St. Stephen's graveyard in New Ross along the top of the drifts of snow. My grandfather was at this funeral.
    The distance from Ballysop to New Ross
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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