School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)

Location:
Knocknagree, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Moynihan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glangristeen, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Moynihan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glangristeen, Co. Kerry
  2. The people had to make paths through the snow in 1897.
    There was a snowstorm in the year 1893. It lasted for one night. No lives were lost
    A snow-storm in the year 1903 felled houses and trees. It also blocked the road in several places.
    Three lives were lost in 1924 when a house built near Allen's Bridge was blocked by cocks of hay. The water turned back
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