School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 165
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- During the famine years the people of this locality suffered severely. It is stated that people used to go over working to Lether road from Gurteenakilla and they used to die over with hunger. They used to pick the "eyes" out of the potatoes with a quill and eat the rest of it raw. The people around here used to get free meal and make gruel of it. A man in Goleen used to give out free bowls of soup for charity. The same man had a workman. The workman used to(continues on next page)
