School: Lakyle, Whitegate
- Location:
- Lakyle, Co. Clare
- Teacher: John Davis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 177
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- On the 26th Febr. 1903 there was a great storm of wind. In this locality hundreds of trees were blown down, hay scattered through the fields & houses unroofed.
The storm lasted from about 10 p.m. and lasted until about 3 am.
Severe snow storms occurred on 1st April 1918, 10th Feby. 1894, 21st Feby. 1896, 24th Feby. 1933.
On 21st Feby. 1986 the snow was 10 feet deep in places & remained on the ground for three weeks. Cattle + sheep were lost + hundreds of birds died from the cold + hunger.
The 1933 was nearly as bad as the 1896 storm.
In Feb. 1918 the frost so so severe that Lough Derg was frozen. Several people walked across the lake from shore to shore.
Birds became lame from hunger + they used to come into the houses + farmyards for food.
