School: Ballinvally (B.) (roll number 931)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Healy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0723, Page 129
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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 storm of 1903 was one of the worst ever seen. It started around the end of February in that year. It was a wind storm. It blew down nearly half the tress of Clonyn. The roads were blocked for many days with fallen trees. It blew down cocks of hay and stacks of oats. My father says that it lifted a shed in his yard and it dropped it at the end of the garden about two hundred yards away.I myself remember the big snowstorm of 1933. It was a very heavy(continues on next page)
