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School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0614, Page 308

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Oíche na Gaoithe Móire

Oidhche na gaoithe moiré

In the year 1839 there blew a great storm. It blew the roofs of several houses but Cusacks in particular in the mountain of Boultadine suffered most. It blew the roof off it, though it was safely secured, and even stitched as there was a special needle for stitching them at that time. It blew the roof off it and landed it in Dromoher and a scallop was not stirred from its place. It rested in a camp shape and the owners were able to sleep in it until their own house was thatched again. It is also said that the people found the salt water in their cabbage in this district a distance of nine miles as the crow flies from the Lahinch sea.

Collected by: - Máire Ní Choileáin, Dromoher
Told by Patrick Linnane, Dromoher.

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Collector
Máire Ní Choileáin
Gender
female
Address
Drummoher, Co. Clare
Informant
Patrick Linnane
Gender
male
Age
75
Address
Drummoher, Co. Clare
Language
English

Oíche na Gaoithe Móire

It is said that the night of the big wind in 1839, my great grandmother had a baby and the wind was so strong that she put the cradle under the kitchen table as she was afraid the roof of the house would fall on him.

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