School: Tuairín Chathail (B.) (roll number 10392)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Cróinín
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- 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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Denis Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reaboy, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael Cronin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Reaboy, Co. Kerry