School: Killashandra
- Location:
- Killashandra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Ó Leannáin
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- (continued from previous page)and the men of the country were out with shovels to guard their houses from been burned and knocked.Got from
Tom Foster
KilleshandraSean Reilly - 1. About 27 years ago there was a cloud burst in Killeshandra. It carried away 42 cocks of hay belonging to Mr. Lough and landed them in the river Eain. It flooded many houses and it cat a shore in the middle of the street. 2. There was a frost in Killeshandra about 45 years ago. The ice was 6 ft deep on the lakes. It lasted sixteen weeks. The farmers drew stick's across the lakes. 3. There was a shower of hailstones in Killeshandra. It destroyed apples and oats and wheat. They were about the size of (a) marbles.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerald Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killashandra, Co. Cavan