School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)

Location:
Kildalkey, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 058

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 058

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  1. There was a very big snow fall on the twenty eight of February nineteen thirty two. It lasted for two days and two nights. It drifted in some places to a height of twelve and fourteen feet. A great deal of people died with the hunger, horses sheep and cattle were killed lost in the snow. It was the greatest snowfall that ever I heard of. Some people who ventured out in the snow to get provisions were lost and never returned. The snowflakes fell very thick. No traffic could travel with the snow.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Pender
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Pender
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballaghtalion, Co. Meath