School: Cill a' Lachtáin
- Location:
- Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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- On the sixth of January 1836 when my grandfather lived, a terrible storm blew over Ireland. It has been handed down that the salt was blown from the sea to the middle of Ireland. It is said that the cabbage had a salt taste. It knocked so much trees that the people had wood for years after.
Annie Fahey.
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- Teresa Kearns
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- Mrs Coleman
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- My mother told me that when she was small she remembers a time that there were people drawing home turf from the bog. It was a very close day and there came a sudden darkness. Then there came(continues on next page)
