School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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    drowned and several cattle and sheep were lost.
    In nineteen sixteen there was a very heavy period of frost. It was frozen from the bridge to the weir. It was so frozen that the people used ice skates. They scated from the bridge to the weir. It was so strong that the men and women danced in it and a horse and car crossed it to the other side.
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán M. Ó Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Joseph Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenville, Co. Kerry