School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0544, Page 339
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- (continued from previous page)trees tumbled by the stom. I did not hear if any lives were lost in it or not. They were thunder about five years ago and there was a lot of horses and cattle and sheep killed.
- About a tear ago there was a very severe rain storm and it lasted for over to days and all the roads and fields were flooded. I did not hear of any houses in my locality or not. Five years ago they were a very heavy snowstorm and they were very bad drifts in it and the people had great shortage of water in it.
- There was a terrible storm of wind 38 year ago all the trees (were) and hay shed were tumbled, and all the crows of the world was killed and it lasted for one day. Along time ago they were terrible heavy thunder storm and lightening, the lightening the lightening was so heavy it burned a lot of hay. They were very heavy rain on the 27 of September all the roads were like rivers. They were a very heavy snow storm it was in the 22 February and year of 1932(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Cullahill, Co. Tipperary
