School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 129
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- Whole groves of tree were blown down.
Fires broke out in places. The people put a threelegged pot turned up side down over the ranking on the hearth to prevent the thatch houses catching fire. Hundreds of head stones were blown down in graveyards.
- It tore up trees from their roots.
It killed fish against the rocks in the shores of Lough Ree.
The waves of the lake swept across the houses near the shore.
It knocked down houses round the bogs of Golden(continues on next page) - Informant
- John Ganly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Address
- Inchturk, Co. Westmeath
