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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 371

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  1. A Storm in this Locality

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    It was in the middle of January in the year 1925 when a storm like "The Big Wind" swept this locality and caused damage and destruction for miles around. The first rumbling of the storm was heard early in the morning when suddenly the wind began to wail around the gables and whistle determinedly through the key- holes of the closed doors. Suddenly doors were banged open with the force of the wind, windows were shattered and chimney pots were torn out of the roofs of houses
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Andrew Mulligan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo