School: Lisnabo, Newtownforbes (roll number 15460)
- Location:
- Lisnabo, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Bhiadhtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0757, Page 082
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- (continued from previous page)away by it and floated on the Balli- Minion river, and got stuck in the weir-wall at Tarman-Barry. This flood was about 4 ft high and lasted for about a week or so.
- In 1914 there was a heavy snow-fall and all the animals, people, and birds, suffered greatly, nearly all the rabbits and such animals as this also died and there was a lot of lives lost in drifts.
It lasted for about 3 weeks, and was about 14 or 15 inches deep on flat land. - The big wind of 1839 was was a very great storm and there was a lot of damage done by it. In some parts of the country around the coast the coffins were washed out of the tombs by the tide, and there were a lot of people killed by houses and trees blown down on top of them(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Dorothy Dixon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aghareagh, Co. Longford
