School: Tomena
- Location:
- Gortullaghan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 538
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- There was a good many storms long ago. There was a very big wind in the year 1839. It tossed a lot of houses and killed a good many cattle. It tossed trees and rooted some of them.
It burned a lot of houses. Lives were lost trying to save the houses and cattle.
It lasted a few days. There was a very big snowstorm about thirty years ago. there were a lot of sheep lost in it. It distroyed the crops.
The people could not leave their houses or they would be lost in the snow.
- Collector
- John Gilheany
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumcullion, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Gilheany
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
