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School: Poor Clares' Convent, Cavan

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Cavan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Sr. Carmel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0975, Page 056

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    Wind-storm: The greatest windstorm in living memory was about the year 1904. A terrific gale up to eighty miles an hour blew all over the country. Many of the houses in this town were stripped of their slates. Two houses were burned at the golf-links about a mile outside Cavan town. Trees were uprooted all over the country.
    In the year 1839 there was a severe wind-storm, the most severe storm that occurred in this country for well over a century. Thousands of families were rendered home-less and in many parts of the country whole plantations were blown down. There was a great destruction of ships round the Irish coast and many
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr P. Brady
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cavan, Co. Cavan