School: Coill Chláir (roll number 14276)
- Location:
- Coill an Chláir, Co. Liatroma
- Teacher: Treasa Ní Oibeacáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 175
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- Stormy Weather
About one hundred and fifty years ago a great storm arose and blew down a national school that was built on Shebog. Two horses owned by James Connell were killed.Three houses were knocked down in 1839. James Earley's, Laheen, Pat Flanagans, Garvagh and John McWeeney's, Annaghkeenty. Several ricks of hay were knocked down.In the year eighteen hundred and one there was a great storm. Francis McCann, Drumhasa, Mohill was coming from Keshcarigan on Christmas Eve night, the night of the storm. When he was coming home he got lost in a drift at Killnagross. The people of the neighbourhood were heart-broken over his death and they made up a song about him. He could read and write Irish
And English also.
To our grief he is dead,
In his grave he lies low(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Polly Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Seanráth, Co. Liatroma
- Informant
- William Mc Weeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Eanach Caointe, Co. Liatroma
