School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)

Location:
Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 275

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  1. We had a great storm about five years ago. It did great damage at Maughantourig (Rathmore, Co. Kerry). It knocked a hay-shed there. It did great damage in the village of Greeveguilla (Kerry).
    It took slates off Greeveguilla new church, and blew them a good distance away. It also knocked a cow-shed there. It knocked trees in different places. It did great harm to the farmers, as it stretched their corn and destroyed their gardens, and some people lost their lives.
    Between the seventh and the fourteenth of August this year 1938 we had a very heavy thunderstorm, and the lightning was very severe. It killed cows in Kanturk (Co. Cork) and it burned hay in Gullane (Greeveguilla, Co. Kerry). When we are about
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Denis Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Michael Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Reaboy, Co. Kerry