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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Moyderwell, Tráighlí

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Moyderwell, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Antoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 243

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  1. The Night of the Great Wind

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    There never was a night or one that's kept in mind.
    like the night of January the 6th in eighteen thirty nine
    The Kerry cows you know are 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 and leaped across the moor.
    The people thought they all were killed
    The way the wind did roar.
    II
    A Family of the Burkes who lived near Scibbereen
    Were blown from Cork to Kerry.
    They came down at Caherciveen
    So pleasant was their journey
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Broderick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leanamore, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Horgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknahaha, Co. Kerry