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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 10_013

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    A story
    29th. November. 1937.
    The night of the big wind all the houses in the locality were knocked to the ground.The fires that were in the houses were blown around and the thatch of the house and in the haggarts were burnt. People had to go for their lives to the ditch-es looking for shelter.In our locaility therewe were
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryulk Middle, Co. Clare