School: Rahavanaig
- Location:
- Rahavanig, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire de Stac
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- About 99 years ago a great storm arose. It began in the evening on January 7th 1839. A few days before there was great thick fog. It lasted for a day and a half and did some great damage to the people. It knocked a few houses of the district. A woman named Hannan of Beale was letting out her cows to a drink when a gale of wind came at her and knocked her. A man, a native of west Cork, was blown away by it and never again returned till he was found in a strand around the shores of Cork.
In May 1910 a great thunderstorm arose. There was damage done and a house burnt belonging to John Foran in Trippol.(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Hennessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon East, Co. Kerry