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School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

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Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 205

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  1. The Night of the Big Wind

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    Come all ye sons of Erin's Isle and listen to my song
    About old Ireland's windy night I wont detain yez long,
    There ne'er was such a night before, nor one thats kept in mind,

    Like the night of January the sixth in eighteen thirty-nine

    (II)
    The Kerry cows (you know they're small) went soaring through the air;
    A funny sight it must have been to see them land in Clare.
    It blew the peaks of Cuddy's reeks then lept across the moor

    Sure the people thought they all were kilt, the way the wind did roar

    (III)
    In the County Tipperary, not far from Templemore,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dóla Ní Riordáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killorglin, Co. Kerry