School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma
- Location:
- Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0582, Page 218
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- James Hennessey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Jim English
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Snow Storm (1882)
There was a terrible snow storm in the year 1882. It drifted in places from 6 to 20 feet It lay on the ground for seven weeks, and during that time a great number of sheep and cattle were lost.
The Big Wind
In the year 1839 a man named John Chidle, farmer, Ballagh sowed cabbage, and the wind brought it all up out of the roots. There was great damage done, besides on that night, roofs were taken off houses and some knocked.
