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School: Crury (roll number 3134)

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Creevy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Martin Keegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 281

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  1. A Local Storm

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    About forty years ago a fierce storm swept over this locality. It began one morning in the month of March 1894, a number of boats, and ships were out at sea but luckily enough they succeeded in getting ashore, before the storm burst forth in all its fury a farmer in this locality was just after completing a new house and thatching it, but on the morning following the outbreak of the storm it was completely stripped he them slated it.
    A large number of trees were also knocked down on that day which as [sic] since been referred to as “The Big Wind”. Every old man or woman of the present day could tell of the Big Wind.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Intyre
    Gender
    Female