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School: Béal Átha Gabhann (Silvermines), Nenagh (roll number 15696)

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Silvermines, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Floinn
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    I often heard the old people say that on the eight of May in the year 1879 there was a very big wind and it knocked several houses and it blew off the spire of Killmastulla Protestant Church and it took a galvanised shed from Killoscully several miles. There was a fair the same day at O'Brien's bridge and the people had to leave the fair owing to slates flying off the roofs of houses. It tore the heather out of the roots on the mountain and scattered it down on the lowland.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Gleeson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenadiha, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Gleeson
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    85
    Address
    Gorteenadiha, Co. Tipperary