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School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)

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Knockanevin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Crosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 429

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    A great storm occurred in 1892. Everybody knew that this storm was at hand, because the night before there was a haze before the moon, and the clouds were rushing along very fast.
    This storm caused a great lot of damage. It lasted for two days. It felled houses and trees. It is said that some lives were lost when some of the trees happened to fall.
    Numbers of ships were sunk and all the people which they contained were drowned.
    We had a severe thunder storm in 1925. It lasted for a day and a night.
    Lightening came with the thunder and it broke windows and it broke chimneys of houses. It also
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Postman
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork