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School: Ballyrahan, Tinahely

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Ballyraheen, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 086

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0922, Page 086

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    places and no one could stir out for a whole week for fear they would be lost or wall into a river or be drowned. There was also a great frost that made the snow last for a whole week. A great deal of sheep and other animals were lost.
    There was a thunder storm about sixty years ago. A great many horses were destroyed. And there was terrible lightning. There were some lives lost and a great many trees knocked down. A man lost his life going along the road outside of Hacketstown. A tree fell on him and he was killed.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
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