School: Clarecastle (C.)
- Location:
- Clarecastle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Aoife Ní Mhíodhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 448
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- (continued from previous page)as much pleasure to make dresses for their dools, putting together their clothes and making blankets for their pram.
- Like every other part of Ireland, Clare Castle suffered from the effects of the big wind in 1839. This storm is known as "The Great Wind" and it caused much damage. Not only were reeks of hay and straw scattered, trees uprooted and chimneys blown up, but the roofs of houses were also stripped. The people were so frightened that they left their homes and went under the shelters of the walls and bushes.
After the great wind came a dreadful storm of thunder and lightning which rooted up roads and quarries. Trees were rooted up and were lying across the roads and lives were lost and struck with lightning.
In 1910 there was a great snow-storm which came very suddenly. A number of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nancy Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
