School: Crowenstown
- Location:
- Baile Croín Beag, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: M. Ní Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)whole house was burned to the ground, and Mr. Moore, who was in bed was burned to death also.
- The worst storm remembered occurred on 27th February 1903.
The wind blew a strong gale for twenty four hours, and it knocked down houses, timber, hay and straw, and left a great number of people homeless. It commenced early in the morning, increased in intensity during the day, and at midnight it raged.
Cattle and horses, took shelter under trees, but they were killed when the trees fell.
Another storm occurred on 6th October 1881. It did a lot of harm. Stacks of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Cunneen
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Lios Clochair, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Mrs Gilmore
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Addinstown, Co. na hIarmhí
