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School: Drumcharley, An Tulach

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Drumcharley, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire Nig Dhubháin
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    a good many people injured. The speed was considered at 130 miles an hour. There were eleven fishermen in Galway Bay who escaped the storm. Dublin city was the only one city in Ireland that suffered least. The part of Ireland that suffered most was from Killaloe to Loop Head. Up to the present time you find people who remember the big wind and who say they were born the night of the big wind.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnuigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glendree, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Dómhnal Ó Chuighnugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Glendree, Co. Clare