School: Cora Caitlín (B.)
- Location:
- Cora Chaitlín, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: P. Mac Conmara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 032
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(1) The Irish climate is never too extreme and it is ideal one from that point of view.In the winter, however we get very heavy rains and our main rivers get swollen over until they break over their banks and if this happens very often it does great damage.
Such heavy floods have often taken place after a brake in the weather in Autumn and when it happens in that season cause suffer in the low lands along the banks of the rivers.
I have heard my grandmother say that thirty years ago a great flood filled the valley of the Lee for many miles outside the city of Cork.The flat country from Inniscarra to the city was completely covered with water.
Farm-yards were completely under the water and live-stock ,and farm carts ,and wooden hen-coops were swept away.
(2)In the year 1839 there was a big storm .it is known in history as The night of the big wind .it knocked houses(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Mac Eochaidh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
