School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)
- Location:
- Formaoil (Newcowen), Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: S. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 205
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- (continued from previous page)was a storm in Co. Longford. It knocked trees. It knocked the spire off Lanesboro chapel. It drove boats a shore, and there were people drowned.
- on the 6th January 1839, the was a great storm. It knocked roofs of houses and trees in Lanesboro. The fish of the Shannon were blown out miles on the lands in Formoyle.
There was a great thunder storm in 1903. It killed cattle and sheep on the lands of Formoyle.
There was a thunder storm in 1933. My father and mother were praying. The lightning killed many people in Lanesboro. - Collector
- Ina Mc Crann
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Béal Átha Liag, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Ned Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Address
- Béal Átha Liag, Co. an Longfoirt
- There was a hedge school in Carrastrawley Lanesboro about sixty years ago. The school was beside the site of Dan Dowd's house.(continues on next page)
