School: Athboy (C.)
- Location:
- Athboy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 373
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- (continued from previous page)Some years after a fairly big rainstorm came. It lasted for three weeks and did a lot of damage. Some thatched houses in Fraine were completely flooded. There were no lives lost in Meath. About thirty-nine years ago a big snowstorm came to Athboy, Co. Meath. The sky was very dull and grey, and snow was expected. At first it was only a few inches deep, but during the night it rose to a height of two feet. Cattle and sheep were smothered, and many birds died of want. About twenty years ago a great storm swept over Ireland; it lasted for near a week and knocked a lot of houses around Athboy, one being a house in Otterstown. Many ricks of hay were knocked and a few animals were killed. Another stom occurred in 1902 about the month of August. It did not do much damage but a man was killed by it in his own garden. On first of June 1929 there was a great flood and it lasted for two days. It flooded the roads and fields, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Austin Mc Hale
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath
