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School: Killashandra

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Killashandra, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Leannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 082

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  1. Severe Weather (continued)

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    and the men of the country were out with shovels to guard their houses from been burned and knocked.
    Got from
    Tom Foster
    Killeshandra
    Sean Reilly
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Severe Weather

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    1. About 27 years ago there was a cloud burst in Killeshandra. It carried away 42 cocks of hay belonging to Mr. Lough and landed them in the river Eain. It flooded many houses and it cat a shore in the middle of the street.
    2. There was a frost in Killeshandra about 45 years ago. The ice was 6 ft deep on the lakes. It lasted sixteen weeks. The farmers drew stick's across the lakes.
    3. There was a shower of hailstones in Killeshandra. It destroyed apples and oats and wheat. They were about the size of (a) marbles.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerald Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killashandra, Co. Cavan