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1. Severe Weather (continued)

   

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   remember it and these said it was even worse that the 1904 one

   Nearly every house in Coolmeen was stripped that night. William Long's haybarn was blown three fields down and Mackey's outhouses which had shortly before been covered with zinc to replace the thatch were all blown away. The zinc of one shed was found nearly a mile away the next morning. There were many trees blown down and for weeks the masons and handy men had a real harvest time there was each call for their services and everyone who had a horse or ass & car were using every spare hour to draw home firing. We had parts of the trees for many years after the storm. Many people bought some of the fallen trees in Langrishe's demesne as they got out an auctioneer a few days after & sold the trees. Some people were never able to get all the trees home and there are still some fine bits on the While's Castle part of the demesne.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eilis Ní Longaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Ellen Long

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   86

   Address

   Coolmeen, Co. Kilkenny