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The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oíche na Gaoithe Móire) was a powerful European windstorm that swept across what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beginning on the afternoon of 6 January 1839, causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths. 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and 42 ships were wrecked. [1]
3–5 February 1825: Winds over the North Sea led to the February flood of 1825 storm surge in the North Sea. [2] 1 February 1825: Windstorm passed over Scotland with winds around 140 kn (160 mph; 260 km/h). [2] Night of the Big Wind: 6–7 January 1839
Burke's chief claim to fame is the poem Oíche na Gaoithe Móire (Night of the Big Wind), concerning a severe windstorm which swept across Ireland on the night of 6–7 January 1839 causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths.
1839 in the United Kingdom Other events of 1839 List of years in Ireland: Events from the year 1839 in Ireland. Events. 6–7 January - Night of the Big Wind: ...
He was Constable and Governor of Athlone 1813–1839 and Governor of County Westmeath 1814–1831. Handcock was killed on the Night of the Big Wind in 1839 when the wind blew his bedroom shutters open at Moydrum Castle and hurled him “so violently upon his back that he instantly expired”.
Still referred to as the “Big Wind,” that record was set on April 12, 1934. The 161-mph gust only barely made it into a tie for the 19th highest daily gust on Mount Washington, the highest ...
1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1839th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 839th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of ...
Category: 1839 meteorology. 1 language. ... Night of the Big Wind This page was last edited on 29 May 2017, at 14:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...