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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

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Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 04_012

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  1. The Storm of 1839

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    When the storm was long ago it knocked several trees in Lankill wood. The storm blew the roof off the tower in Aughagower and put it down into MountBrown. The roof was put miles from the tower and ever since the tower is falling. The storm knocked several headstones and it knocked houses too. Everyone was tying the doors outside, and tying the houses and stables to keep the roofs from being blown away. Their hay was blown away as were a also their stacks of oats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Edward Grady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonskill, Co. Mayo