School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Mulligan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 388
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ballyconnell (B.)
- XML Page 388
- XML “The Big Wind”
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
- Page 388
The Big Wind.
Over ninety years ago (January 1839), there was a most terrible storm around here. During the night the winds blew and blew. The howling of them was terrifying to listen to. Houses were stripped of their thatch, trees were uprooted. The falling of the branches made people shudder and those who happened to be struck by them, when passing by, were found unconcious. Many were killed outright. Animals of all descriptions suffered then. Wooden houses or bungalows were blown off the mountain-side and left seated in Clincooghy. It was then "Biddy The Witch lost her house. It was blown away as far as the demesne. After the storm some young men built her another, a one paned hovel and when she was seated in it(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Katie Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Cavan
