School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)In recent years there were great floods which caused considerable damage to houses.
Any one living near a river, or on low lying land suffered severly.
Nearly all their belongings, and stock were lost by the floods.
The last snow-storm I remember occurred about six or seven years ago. It was a very heavy snow-storm. The snow drifted in many places.
The roads were all blocked with snow, which made them impassible to traffic. Poor people that lived in bad houses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
