School: Killinaboy (roll number 12557)

Location:
Killinaboy, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Céilleachair
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  1. 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.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. 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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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seóirse Riain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossard, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mrs Kenny
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Crossard, Co. Clare