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1. The Big Wind (continued)

   

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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.

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   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