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School: Castlerock N.S. (roll number 13242)

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Drummartin, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Frank Haran
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0174, Page 135

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    certain places.
    The Government started the making of roads also. Mean and women wourked on the road at four pence per day.
    Emigration also began and thousands unable to exist in their own county went into exile. Seed potatoes for the following year were got from foreign countries.
    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
    Informant
    Mr Tom O Rorke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Rathosey, Co. Sligo