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School: Cill Íomair (C )

Location:
Killimor and Boleybeg, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Eilís Ní Dhomhnaill Brighid Nic Chormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0161

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  1. Severe Weather

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    1839.
    Large thunderstorm. Referred to locally as the Big Wind of 1839. People were killed by lightning and by falling tres. Houses were knocked.
    February 7th 1909
    Thunderstorm. Roofs blown off, Houses knocked. Hay & straw blown away.
    29th February 1901
    Snow storm. last for three weeks.
    Februaru 1895 Very heavy fall of snaw- hedges by the roadside covered with snow. Snow fell for a week & then there was frost. There was a fair in Loughrea during this snow - and people and cattle went - sometimes walking on top of walls bushes & hedges.
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