School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)twenty four hours.
Great many houses were damaged at Ballatobin and trees were also rooted from the ground.
It was known that the storm was to come, because the moon was red.
In the month of June of the year 1909 a fearful thunder-storm arose and it lasted for one night and one day.
The thunder frightened many beasts in the fields, and the lightening killed a great many of them.
A flood arose in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
