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School: Clondra, Longphort (roll number 13536)

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Cloondara, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 212

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  1. The Big Wind

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    The night of the big wind was in 1839 or so. On that night great harm was done. The galvanized iron was ripped off the houses sheet by sheet. Nobody could go out. The trees were knocked and the doors and windows put in but there was no one killed around here they say as it didn't come of a sudden.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Mac Claon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloondara, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Henry Keams
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Cloondara, Co. Longford