School: Liathdruim

Location:
Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Mainnín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0123

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0123

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  3. XML “The Night of the Big Wind”
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  1. This one occured on the 8th June 1903. The sky got as dark as night and anyone that wanted to go anywhere could not go. The lightning, thunder and rain were terrible. There was a man named Reardon from Druimkeary killed. It killed seven calves, the property of a man named Barrette from Raheen. It killed a sow and three pigs outside Finnerty's house in Leitrim. It knocked thousands of trees. It the worst storm since or before.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    2. processes and phenomena
      1. thunder and lightning (~109)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dalystown Demesne, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Dalystown Demesne, Co. Galway
  2. In olden times the man that wanted to get married sent another called a "matchmaker" to the girls house to ask the parents for her, and to secure a fortune for him also. They used always get married on a Tuesday. It is said that any couple that got married in the month of
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dalystown Demesne, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Dalystown Demesne, Co. Galway