School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)
- Location:
- Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Sr. Ó Donnabhair
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- (continued from previous page)neighbours came and piled sods and everything could be got on the part of the house that remained. There was a son born that night so everyone knew his age, he was born the night of the Big Wind.
- The Big Wind occurred on the sixth of January 1839. The wind which occurred exactly a century ago did much destruction in this part.
In the townland of Clooncarn, our house was situated on the top of a steep hill. The wind blew down the dwelling-house and outoffices and killed two cows.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tom Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Joseph Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Clooncarreen, Co. Leitrim