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School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab

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Ballydehob, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Lighin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 070

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  1. Severe Weather

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    On Christmas Night 1927 there was a great storm. Rivers rose and flooded fields, and drowned cattle and and sheep. The flood went into houses in the low ground, and flooded them. Trees were knocked by the wind, and it caused many accidents. Boats were wrecked. Roofs were stripped of their slate. Houses were knocked. Trees were knocked across the rails of the railroad tracks causing the trains to stop till were removed.
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  2. Severe Storms

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    There was a great thunder storm on the 17th, of August 1898. This storm did many damages. The flashes broke a bridge in Ballydehob. There were floods with this storm. There was a great snow storm about 100 years ago. The snow was so high that the people were
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Dan Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockroe, Co. Cork