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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 030

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    In the February of the year 1933 a sever thunder storm swept over this locality and caused a great deal of damage. It uprooted nine or ten trees in Ballycumber and it also killed a horse belonging to Mr. D. Lynam and a pony belonging to Mr. J. Hackett both of Ballycumber.
    In 1933 a severe snowstorm swept over the district. It was six to eight feet in drifts so that all the traffic was stopped. A breadcar owned by Lumely and Sons was trapped in a drift in Clonshanny. It was there for three or four days and when the driver came back to it, all the bread was gone.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Geraghty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Owen Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly