School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)
- Location:
- An Díseart, Co. Lú
- Teacher: M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0672, Page 147
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The greatest wind storm which people now living remember occured in February 1903. Trees were uprooted and knocked, slates blown off, and hay and straw blown away, and when daylight broke there was destruction everywhere.
It commenced shortly after dark and continued with fury until after daylight. It was said that timber men were cutting timber all the year in Barmeath without stopping. - The cause of the famine in Ireland long ago was the failure of the potato crop. The people long ago lived mostly on potatoes and porridge.(continues on next page)
