School: Clooncullaun (roll number 13163)
- Location:
- Clooncullaan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Liam Mac Leastair
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- We occasionally get violent storms in this country particularly during late autumn, winter and spring.
During the past few days we have had a very severe storm which blew from the South-west. It was accompanied by heavy driving rain - a good thing for the farmers as the rain affords protection to haystacks and renders them more fit to resist the wind.
Never-the-less a number of cocks of hay and thatched roofs were damaged.
In 1839 - almost a century ago - one of the worst storms recorded in history, blew over this country. It occurred on 6th January of that year and is ever since referred to as "The Big Wind". In Irish speaking districts it is called "lá na Gaoithe Móire" and did a very great deal of destruction by throwing houses, cock of hay, trees by thousands, and at sea, it was accountable for a great amount of shipwreck and loss of life.
- Informant
- Hugh Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Lugboy, Co. Roscommon
