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School: Ballinacarrow (roll number 13277)

Location:
Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Duibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0175, Page 339

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    Owen Forde told me he remembers a great wind in October '86. It started about twelve noon on a Sunday. Owen went out to tie down a cock of ryegrass hay. He found himself being lifted, so he made a jump off the cock and was carried ten yards away with the force of the wind.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elma Hall
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynacarrow, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Owen Forde
    Gender
    Male