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School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)

Location:
Gortaleam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0189

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    My parents remember about sixteen years ago we had great thunder and lightning. It killed pigs cattle and other little losses. It knocked trees and old-houses. It wounded people and it was so bad that it shook the windows in the houses. It did a lot of damage in the country at that time.
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