School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)
- Location:
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)the door-post and remained there for a week or so. Most of the sheep in the mountain were lost and those of them that lived clustered together, and their breath thawed the snow and left the air in.
- One of the greatest tragedies that ever struck the Irish people and perhaps the saddest event in all Ireland's history was the night of the big wind which struck Ireland on the night of January 6th and 7th 1839 exactly 100 years ago the 6th of January next 1939. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of January the 6th a green cloud as the old people described it no bigger than a man's hand appeared over Cork harbour. It started with a little snow. The place got in darkness and then started the big wind, Cork was the first in the path of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Sidley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Tim Sidley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
