School: Liss, Ballycumber
- Location:
- An Gruagán agus An Chorr Rua, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Teacher: Sarah Howden
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- In February 1933 a severe snowstorm swept over this district.
There were snow drifts on the roads, and there were a lot of motors trapped in them. A bread can the property of Lumley & Son was trapped in a drift in Clonshanny.
It was there for three or four days and when the driver came back to it all the bread was gone.
A tramp called Paddy Doyle who frequented this district was smothered in the snow in a sand pit near Horseleap.
There were a lot of birds that died of hunger at that time.
In 1933 there was a thunderstorm and there were a lot of people killed.
There were two horses the property of people living[?] in Ballycumber killed.
- Collector
- Robert Cahill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Island, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
- Informant
- Mr Owen Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Béal Átha Chomair, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
