School: Gaile, Caisleán Mumhan (roll number 15299)
- Location:
- Gaile, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Meachair
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- Severe Weather
It is said there was a terrible wind storm in the Febuary of the year 1906.
It blew down terrible big trees and roads were blocked. There was six weeks of hard frost 1n 1917. It was so bad that could not travel the roads . It was very hard to fodder cattle and if root crops were given to them they had to be boiled
- Collector
- Francis Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Thomas Doyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenbane Upper, Co. Tipperary
- Severe Weather
About thirty years ago a terrible storm occurred in this district. It knocked about half a mile of a wood. This occurred in the year 1907 in the month of March.
If the clouds are very bright and moving quickly it is a sign of a coming storm.
There were many houses damaged in the locality. We had a great thunder storm aout twelve years ago in this district. It killed horses and cows and it(continues on next page)
