School: Ballyhale (roll number 7914)

Location:
Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 028

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0848, Page 028

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  1. The worst storm of over sixty year blew over this country on the 4th February 1904. It did a lot of damage all over the district & scarcely any house escaped its effects
    Floodhall demesne was very thickly wooded and large numbers of the trees were knocked down by the storm. Colonel Flood who then lived in Floodhall was approached by an auctioneer who wished to buy or sell the trees for him but the Colonel would not sell, saying "What God knocked should be given to the poor". The tenants on the estate with the workers and any other poor people around who could get any means of getting the wood home could get all they wanted & such big supplies were laid in
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Michael Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Anastatia Holden
    Other names
    Anastatia Holden
    Mrs Anastatia Walsh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny