School: Shallee, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 6245)

Location:
Shallee (Coughlan), Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chonchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 161

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 161

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  1. There was a great storm in the month of February in the year 1903. The storm lasted from about four o'clock in the evening until six next morning. The roofs were taken off a great number of houses. There were one hundred trees knocked in Greenhall and many other places. There were no lives lost in this district.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
  2. There was a great snowstorm in February in the year 1933. When the wind blew it piled the snow into drifts eight to ten feet high. The snow was not cleared off the ground for a month.
    The snowstorm caused the people great trouble. They were not able to fodder their cattle. There were a great
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