School: Cullies
- Location:
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: James Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 135
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- The night of the big wind occurred on the sixth of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. It is that it was a night of terror. Many families were left homeless as their houses were blown down.
It is said the the wind was so fierce that the trees were blown down and torn from the roots. Hay and straw were blown all over the country and cattle were left without food. The fish were even blown out of the lakes.
Any of the old people who lived after that night never for-got-it until they died. There is no one living now who remembers that night as it is almost a century.
There are very sad tragedies connected with the night of the big wind. One story was told about a poor woman who lived in a little house by herself and house was blown down by the wind and she died next day from the shock.
Another story was told about a family who were (living) going to a neighbours house to seek shelter. On their way a brick(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Magorry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cullies, Co. Cavan
