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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 076

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    There was a very bad storm on the 24th. February 1933. There came a great storm of snow and wind. The snow was twelve feet high on the ground and no-one could go anywhere to shop.
    There was a great number of cattle and sheep drifted in the snow, and most of them died because the people could not go out to look for them. The wind swept the roof off a great many houses and out-offices.
    The roofs were carried miles with the wind. When the snow stopped, the fields
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keadeen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Joseph Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 49