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School: Muine Chonnalláin B.

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Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Lochnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 302

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    The night of ht big wind in the year 1839 it is said that the sea- water was blowup from Killala Bay to Bomniconlon. The rooves was blown off houses also There was fishermen drowned down at Lacken below Ballina. There was a terrible storm on when this happened. It happened about twenty years ago. There was a man named Patrick Higgins working in Ballina. He was coming down from the station with a horse and cart. Thunder and lightning started. He was in, in the cart and a flash of lightning struck him and killed him. He was brought home to his mother, and his skin was turning black hour after hour. This happened about twenty-eight years ago. About fifty years ago, there was a man back in Bofield about a mile from this place whose name was Tom Crean. He was at the field shaking oats. A thunder storm came, and he ran under a tree for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Ruane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Owen Ruane
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Mayo