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School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)

Location:
Granard, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. Conception
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 022

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  1. A Severe Wind Storm (continued)

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    This great wind also took the roofs off houses. There was one man in particular whose name was John McGivney who lived in Cara in the parish of Abbeylara, Co. Longford, and it seems that he was a great sleeper because when he awoke in the morning he had nothing over him but the sky for a high roof as the wind had swept the roof off his house.
    This wind also knocked the trees in Major Dopping's plantations and the people came from twenty miles around to buy the trees as there was a famine for fire on account of no turf being saved the previous Summer, so "It is ill - wind that blows no one good."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Dawson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Carrickduff, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr John Jones
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Carrickduff, Co. Longford