School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Máire Galvin
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- In the year 1839 on the 6th Jan. there was a great storm locally. The day was unusually calm then towards evening the wind began to rise gradually, and towards 9 o'clock it was raging. By midnight it was to its height. The people became terrified and the most of them spent their night in prayer, saying the rosary, as they expected every minute to be their last. There were many houses unroofed and a mist of salt came in from the sea, even as far inland as we are.
- Collector
- Mollie Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballydaly, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- John Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coole, Co. Offaly