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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

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Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 268

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  1. Big Wind

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    I wish to relate to you, all I can gather about the night of the Big Wind 1839.
    It uprooted trees killed cattle and destroyed houses. About a quarter of a mile from my home there were about sixty families left homeless the night of the Big Wind.
    Their mud wall houses were blown away and so they were left to build tents along the side of the road while they mended and thatched the old ones.
    The Government
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May King
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr. P Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Templehouse, Co. Sligo