Severe Weather

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Baile na Sagart, Lios Mór school (Feagarrid, Co. Waterford) from informant Mr. Thomas Fennessy.

Original reference: 0636/2/7

 Baile na Sagart, Lios Mór [Vol. 0636, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools

INFORMANT
Fennessy, Mr. Thomas
Gender
male
Location
Ballysaggart More (Townland) 
Lismore and Mocollop (Civil parish) 
Coshmore and Coshbride (Barony) 
Waterford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Severe Weather  [duchas:4377364]

Snow Storms
The was a big snow storm in the year 1920. It was on the twelveth of November,the fair day in[??] Mitchelstown.
Mr. Quirke, Ballysaggart, was smothered.
There was a big snowstorm in Ballysaggart in the

Severe Weather  [duchas:4377365]

year 1924.
Mr. Donoghue, Lismore, was smothered. He was coming from Tallow after selling oats.
Thunder-storms
There was a big thunder-storm in the year 1922.
Many big trees were thrown.
It felled an outside house owned by, Mr. John Mcgrath, Knocknaboul,
There was a big thunderstorm in the year 1917. It felled a great many big trees in the Castle Woods.

Resource description

Origin information
Feagarrid, Co. Waterford
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 114-115
Volume 0636
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher G. Armstong.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Severe storms   linked data (lcsh)
Severe weather--Doineann
School location
Feagarrid An Fhéith Ghairid Feagarrid Lismore and Mocollop Coshmore and Coshbride Waterford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4435271
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0636/2/7

Suggested credit
"Severe Weather"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4435271>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher G. Armstong.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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