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School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)

Location:
Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 151

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    ground.
    In the year 1934 there was a very heavy snow-storm which lay all over the country. In parts where it was caught by shelter or hedges it lay for weeks four and five feet high.
    There was one man near Drogheda caught in a drift. He was obliged to leave his motor car, and he started walking he was caught in another drift, and he was found dead next morning. His name was Mr Tallon, he was a solicitor.
    Numbers of sheep and cattle were lost all over Ireland.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tommie Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Bennie Tuite
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath