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1. Fairy Story (continued)

   

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   and brought it in and broke it. When she was breaking it, it started to roar. So the girl put it down and that night she went to bed and only next morning she died.

   

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2. The Night of the Big Wind

   

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   The Big Wind of '39 did so much damage that it will never be forgotten as the story goes from father to son. It blew the whole roof off Cloonturk Chapel and left the walls standing bare. Mass had to be celebrated in a fixture made up by the people until the chapel was repaired again. There was a family named Muldowney in Drumard and their house was nearly brought away altogether. Some of

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   Topics

   1. próisis agus feiniméin
      1. gaotha (~357)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Greene

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Droim Ard (Jones), Co. Liatroma

   Informant

   William Greene

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   An Droim Ard (Jones), Co. Liatroma