School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 16821)

Location:
Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Beirín Ní Bhaoighill
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  1. Of all the great storms which have shaken our island in the past none has been so well remembered as the Night of the Big Wind, that terrific hurricane which raged throughout all Ireland and the west coast of England on the night of the 6th and 7th January, 1839.
    A handful of Irish people who lived through that awful night are still alive! At an early hour on Sunday evening the wind freshened to a degree that seemed to promise a rough night, and about
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    S. B. Nelson
    Age
    16
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Donegal