School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)

Location:
Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Mac Eoin
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. frost and snow (~299)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dan Ivess
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Ivess
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    51
    Address
    Cragmore, Co. Limerick
  2. In February 2nd 1902 there was a great storm. It started about nine o'clock the night before. It blew so hard the people stayed up all night as the houses were shaking with the force of the wind. Next morning nearly every house was stripped of some slates and thatched houses were even more damaged.
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