1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Newtown, Kells

School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 18_026

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 18_026

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Newtown, Kells
  2. XML Page 18_026
  3. XML “Old Schools”
  4. XML “Severe Weather”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  2. Severe Weather

    Share Share Post
    In the year 1839 there was a terrific thunder storm which lasted about three days.
    It caused many damages and many were left homeless.
    My grandfather was at the loss of two horses and the zinc was blown off a house and killed a heifer.
    Mr Barry of Goodwins Gardens was hunting home his cows when a tree fell and killed
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lahert
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Denis Lahert
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    43
    Address
    Goodwinsgarden, Co. Kilkenny