School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)

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1. The Famine (continued)

   

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   A man was found dead on the Glynn Road, Banteer, Co. Cork, in a place known as Murray's Hill. He was buried in Killavoy Graveyard.
   The body of a woman was discovered also in Patrick Riordan's land, Killavoy, Banteer. This woman lived in a house in the field where her dead body was found. Her name was Connelly and the field where she was found is still known as Connelly's field.

   

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2. Famine Days

   

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   In the famine days while men were employed making a road from Nadd to Inchimay one of the workers left his companions. The others forgot about him and so did not notice his absence for some time. When they went to look for him they found his dead boyd under a tree. Hunger cold caused his death. In the Lyre, Banteer, Co. Cork district in famine days a farmer found a young girld taking

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Linehan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Banteer, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Patrick Linehan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   62

   Address

   Banteer, Co. Cork