School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)

Location:
Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 108

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    food eaten they had to eat potatoes and porridge to eat for each meal as they always kept a lot of oat meal and potatoes.
    We had a fall of snow on the 23rd September 1933 and for ten days the roads were impassible.
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  2. About the year 1860 or 1870 a great storm arose. It did a lot of damage. It took the roof of James McGrath's house. It blew a sheaf of oats from Loughmore to a house in Cuguilla. It blew the hay and the clothes that were out drying. It blew a slate from the kiln
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary