School: Cnoc na Groighe (B.), Ráth Mhór (roll number 1685)
- Location:
- Knocknagree, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0357, Page 329
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- Jeremiah Lyne of Annaghbeg lived near a bridge which got choked with bog and bog-deal. The bog turned towards the and his family got out by means of a plank from a hole in the roof onto the road. They ran for their lives and came back after three weeks and a second blast came. The did likewise and returned after a week.
- 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(continues on next page) - Collector
- Timothy O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nohaval Upper, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Tim Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Nohaval Lower, Co. Cork
