School: Cillín Liath, Drom Dhá Liag (roll number 13412)
- Location:
- Killeenleagh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Conchobhar de Paor
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- (continued from previous page)and it did a lot of harm to the ships. Some of the farmers whose stalls and outhouses had been knocked down had to leave out their cattle during the nights. A lot of goods were lost in the seas when the storms used to destroy the ships. The sailors have a hard time during the storms.
- A very strong thunderstorm came on Christmas night in the year 1929. It started in the evening a five o clock and it continued all through the night. It knocked a lot of trees and houses.
It is said that it knocked one house but nothing was killed. It did a lot of damage to woods. The roof of nearly every carhouse was blown away. It is said that there was a farmer in [?] trying to bind down a carhouse but the the wind was too strong and it blew it away. The man was badly injured but he did not die. He is a very old man now. It is said that a very severe snow came in the year(continues on next page)
