School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)

Location:
Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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  1. There was a bad wind storm thirty year's ago. It was in March and lasted four nights. A lot of chimneys were blown off. People could not go upstairs if there were were windows at the top of the stairs. Some people were blown into rivers. Windows were broken and the glass used to hit people. Trees fell on houses and and killed some people. A lot of people died with some sickness around that time
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      1. weather-lore (~6,442)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Price
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
  2. There was a terrible storm about fifty years ago it killed many of Harristown cattle and horses. It knocked down two sheds where the
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