School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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hit, because the snow came on so suddenly and so heavily during the night that they were unable to get their live stock brought into a place of safety and large numbers of the animals perished in the storm.
A man named John McGibney who lived in my townland of Creevy in the parish of Abbeylara, Co Longford went out to look after his cattle, and one of them was missing, so he stood up on a mound of snow, as he took it to be, and immediately the "mound" began to shake, moved off, and he was(continues on next page)- Collector
- Rose Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Creevy, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Lynch
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Creevy, Co. Longford