School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)
- Location:
- Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)feet deep or more in spots, and there were a lot of sheep, horses, and other animals frozen. A number of small houses were drifted and the people in them nearly died with the hunger. The birds died in dozens with starvation, and it was a very bad time for everything.In 1891 when Charles Stewart Parnell lay dying a great wind storm swept over this district.
The old people still speak of this storm as "Parnell's Wind."In the year 1883 there was a very dry summer in this district, and the crops nearly died for the want of rain.In the year 1926 and in the month of November, about 12 years ago, there was a severe rain storm. It carried away the footstick Bridge of the river Bann, and it swept(continues on next page)
- Collector
- George Bass
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
