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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

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Muingwore, Co. Sligo
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Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 215

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  1. A Storm

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    On the 19th of January in the year 1903 a terrible thunderstorm raged through the the west of Ireland. It came unexpectedly.
    At 12:30 p.m. a faint rumbling of thunder was heard, it was followed by vivid flashes of lightning.
    A man named Pat Higgins from this locality was killed with a flash of lightning while driving a horse and cart down the streets of Ballina.
    The storm ceased at 2 p.m.. It caused a lot of destruction throughout the West of Ireland.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Sweeney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Muingwore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs A. Jordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathomisk, Co. Mayo