School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)

Location:
Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Eva Campbell
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  1. Long ago there was a great, high wind which blew in the spring time of the year 1839. It up rooted trees, blew roofs off houses and some of these houses were never fixed because they were nearly all mud-walled, thatched houses.
    The people were afraid to med for fear of another storm. Some of the old people died with the shock and others took ill.
    There was another snowstorm took place in the year 1896. It lasted for seven weeks. The first sign of the storm was a great redness in the sky six days before it happened. It was five and six feet in depth. Some of the people died with starvation because they could not get to any place to get food. They were eating everything they could not get their hands on.
    In the following year 1897 a great flood took place. It carried away bridges and animals.
    In the year 1868 when the crop was a total failure because of
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Glass
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tullycaghny, Co. Monaghan