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School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)

Location:
Stackallan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P.T. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0714, Page 162

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    to carry a coffin to the grave-yard across the hedges and ditches after a big snow-storm.The snow was so deep that the tops of the hedges could only be seen in places. I do not know what year it was. It must have been after the Famine.
    There are stories told of men driving a horse and cart on the ice on the canal at the Boyne.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Mc Keever
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Stackallan, Co. Meath