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School: Dungimmon

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Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Flynn
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  1. The Big Wind

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    There was a big wind in 1839. It knocked many houses. It blew the roof off a house that was in Tom Murphy's field. Biddy Neill was living in it. There were a lot of trees knocked and hay carried away by the wind.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Edward Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Dungummin Lower, Co. Cavan