School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)

Location:: Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 165

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“He was doing great gaisge...”

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He was doing great GAISGE
The rain is falling in CLAGARTS
He got two DÚIRNÍNS for the scythe
The handle of the GRAFÁN is broken

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Famine Period

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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
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Topics
1. events
  events (by time of year) (~11,476)
Language

English
Collector
Patrick Hellen
Gender

Male