School: Robertson (roll number 13372)
- Location:
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 134
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- Nearly every season storms occur and cause great damage to life and property. In the spring of 1880 there was a great storm, which came on round the coast without warning. There was a fishing boat with five people on board, two of whom were woman and the other three were brothers. They went out to the waste rocks, which are northwest of Carrickfad, Rossnowlagh. They went out for a load of sea-weed, but they loaded the boat too heavy as her gunwale was almost level with the water and on the return voyage home the storm swept down and overturned the fishing boat and all on board were lost. There was a severe thunder storm in 1933, one of the worst almost in memory and a lot of damage(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Roland Greene
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Donegal
