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From: Shirley Newbold <>
Subject: [S-I] The Big Wind
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:44:49 -0400
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Dan,

My people were in Mountmellick and Wicklow Town at that time.


That is a terrible story, I wonder why it isn't more mentioned since it caused such widespred devastation.


Shirley Newbold

NEWBOLD, BROWN, COOPER, CUMMINGS, CODY in Ireland




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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Night of the Big Wind (Daniel Wilson)
> 2. Re: Night of the Big Wind (Jim White)
> 3. Re: Night of the Big Wind (Jim White)
> 4. Re: Night of the Big Wind (Ulster Ancestry)
> 5. Night of the Big Wind (Daniel Wilson)
> 6. Re: Night of the Big Wind (Joan Hunter)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:07 -0700
> From: Daniel Wilson <>
> Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
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> Yes, the Night of the Big Wind occurred in 1839, the year that my gggf
> packed it in and emigrated to Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. There's a
> book written about it taking accounts from many of the newspapers in
> Ireland. I have the book at home and will post the author's name later.
>
> Dan Wilson
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:30:48 -0500
> From: "Jim White" <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
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> Hi Dan:
>
> A brief summary of the story would be appreciated by all.
>
> Regards
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Wilson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:03 PM
> Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
>
>
> > Yes, the Night of the Big Wind occurred in 1839, the year that my gggf
> > packed it in and emigrated to Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. There's a
> > book written about it taking accounts from many of the newspapers in
> > Ireland. I have the book at home and will post the author's name later.
> >
> > Dan Wilson
> >
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> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:30:48 -0500
> From: "Jim White" <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
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> Hi Dan:
>
> A brief summary of the story would be appreciated by all.
>
> Regards
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Wilson" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:03 PM
> Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
>
>
> > Yes, the Night of the Big Wind occurred in 1839, the year that my gggf
> > packed it in and emigrated to Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. There's a
> > book written about it taking accounts from many of the newspapers in
> > Ireland. I have the book at home and will post the author's name later.
> >
> > Dan Wilson
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:15:44 +0000
> From: Ulster Ancestry <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
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> The Night of the Big Wind is well established in Irish folklore.
>
>
>
> Here is a good link http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ACalend/BigWind.html
>
>
>
> A little extract from it
>
>
>
> The superstitious were quick to attribute the storm to the fairies. Traditionally, the 5th of January was the feast of St. Ceara, when it was believed the fairies held a night of revelry. The fairies, they thought, were so unruly that the storm resulted. Others believed that on that night, all but a few of the fairies of Ireland left the country never to return and that the wind was caused by their departure.
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> The devout, noting that the storm occurred on the night of the Epiphany, saw it as of Divine origin. All the more so since many Roman Catholics in Ireland believed that the 7th of January would be the Day of Judgement. P.W. Joyce tells of one man's reaction to the devastation.
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> He says: "I was looking round with others at the havoc, and whom should we see but old Jacob Stuffle, a well-to-do farmer, one of our Palatine neighbours, a small man with a tremendous voice. He was standing high up on a hillock looking with dismay at his haggard farm which his comfortable well-thatched stacks had been swept out of existence. Suddenly, he raised his two hands, palms open, high over his head, and looking up at the sky, he cried out in the bitterness of his heart, in a voice that was heard all over the village 'Oh, God Almighty, what did I ever do to You and You should thrate (treat) me in this way!'"
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>
> best regards
>
> Robert
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> www.ulsterancestry.com
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> > Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:07 -0700
> > From:
> > To:
> > Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
> >
> > Yes, the Night of the Big Wind occurred in 1839, the year that my gggf
> > packed it in and emigrated to Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. There's a
> > book written about it taking accounts from many of the newspapers in
> > Ireland. I have the book at home and will post the author's name later.
> >
> > Dan Wilson
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:08:06 -0700
> From: Daniel Wilson <>
> Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
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> The "Night of the Big Wind" that's been discussed here recently, was the
> night of Sunday, January 6, 1839. It was apparently one of the most
> vicious storms in Ireland history, and it struck the entire island. In
> his book of the same name, Peter Carr relates many anecdotes of floods,
> fires, houses blown down, even graves being unearthed. The book has a
> section in which reports of the damage were gleaned from newspapers all
> over Ireland. If someone has a particular area they're researching, let
> me know and I'll look up your town. Note, most of the newspapers were in
> fact in towns rather than townlands, so send me the name of the nearest
> large town.
>
> Here's the info on the book.
>
> Carr, Peter (1991), THE NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND, Belfast: The White Row
> Press. paper; 155pp.
> ISBN 1 870132 50 5
>
> Dan Wilson
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:00:59 -0400
> From: "Joan Hunter" <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
> To: <>
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> Thanks very much for your offer, Dan. My folks were from Omagh area and
> Ballybay.
> Joan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf Of Daniel Wilson
> Sent: October-29-09 11:08 PM
> To:
> Subject: [S-I] Night of the Big Wind
>
> The "Night of the Big Wind" that's been discussed here recently, was the
> night of Sunday, January 6, 1839. It was apparently one of the most
> vicious storms in Ireland history, and it struck the entire island. In
> his book of the same name, Peter Carr relates many anecdotes of floods,
> fires, houses blown down, even graves being unearthed. The book has a
> section in which reports of the damage were gleaned from newspapers all
> over Ireland. If someone has a particular area they're researching, let
> me know and I'll look up your town. Note, most of the newspapers were in
> fact in towns rather than townlands, so send me the name of the nearest
> large town.
>
> Here's the info on the book.
>
> Carr, Peter (1991), THE NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND, Belfast: The White Row
> Press. paper; 155pp.
> ISBN 1 870132 50 5
>
> Dan Wilson
>
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