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School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)

Location:
Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 235

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  1. House Burnings (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    R.I.C. men lived in the barricks.
    For every house the I.R.A men burned the Government party burned another the time of the trouble in Ireland.
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  2. The Big Wind

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    On the top of Corrawn Hill (in Waterstown) there was a row of beech trees, but at the last big wind of 1903 they were all blown down.
    In the Big Wind of 1839 there were a lot of trees blown down too. There is a stone in Waterstown telling about the trees that were blown down. Gaynor's House in Tullywood was burned down the night of the Big
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kevnan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolvuck Lower, Co. Westmeath