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School: Caiseal (roll number 16085)

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Cashel, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Mághnuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0122, Page 213

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    in pits. Some people left
    their homes and sought the emigrant ship to go to America, and that is why there are not so many people in Ireland now as there were long ago. There were then twice as many people in Ireland as there are now.
    Writer: Betsy Magnet, 13th July 1938
    Derryronane Swinford
    Told by Mary Gallagher
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betsy Magnet
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryronan, Co. Mayo