School: Creagán Buí, Cora Finne

On this page

1. (no title)

   “Lightning came down the chimney of Mrs Clune's house...”

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   Lightning came down the chimney of Mrs Clune's house near the village of Ruan, it burned all the hair of her head, then it went out through the western side of the house. She spent a long time in hospital. It knocked an outhouse and it killed their pig. About thirty seven years ago a great storm arose throughout all Ireland. Great damage was done in County Clare at a place called Lisduff where my father and grandfather lived, the galvanised roof was blown off a stable and a cow's house was knocked. It knocked fruit trees and knocked a rick of hay and scattered it all round the fields. It also knocked another rick of hay belonging to a neighbour. Thomas Hehir who was living in the same village. Great damage was done to people named Sullivan in Ruan.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. processes and phenomena
      1. thunder and lightning (~109)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick O Shaughnessy

   Gender

   Male