School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Plunkett
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- (continued from previous page)half of "Burrowses Wood" was blown down.
On the first of October 1882 there was another wind storm but it was not as bad as the night of the big wind. Hunreds of trees were being carted out of "Burrowse's Wood" for three months after.
One of the heaviest snow-storms in the memory of the people fell in 1839 after the night of the "Big Wind". The snow was four feet deep, and remained on the ground until the first week of May, causing great hinderance to travel and to the Spring work. It nearly caused a famine.
- Collector
- Owen Alf O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Caffrey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Clonconor Glebe, Co. Cavan
