School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

Location:
Castlelyons, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 045

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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Peter Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Cork
  2. Thirty years ago there was a great storm and the River Blackwater at Fermoy, and the River Bride were flooded. A sheep was killed by lightning in Mr. Mackey's field at Ballyroberts, Castlelyons.
    In Christmas week 1895 there was a great snow. It started to fall on a Saturday night. In most places it was two or three feet high. In other places it drifted and
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