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School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)

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Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 099

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  1. Famine Year

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    The famine year accurred in 1847. The old people called it "The Black 47". The government gave food to the hungry people. The people used to eat porridge instead of potatoes. The porridge was boiled in a big pot called the "Famine Pot". The pot was boiled in the market-Square. The next year the government gave seed potatoes to the (peole) people free. The potatoes were called the "Scotch Downs".
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English

  3. Local Roads

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    The local roads in this district are The Kells Rd, Kitrush Rd, Kilskyre Rd, Killallon Rd and the Delvin Rd. The Kells Rd leads to Kells. The Kilrush road leads to Kilrush and so on. I do not know when they were made Hartstown Boreen leads to a lot of houses in the fields Floods & Boreen leads to Floods house. A mass path used to lead from Cloran through Killua to Clonmellon to enable the people of Cloran to come to mass. Long ago people used to dance and play Pitch and Toss at a crossroads
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seumas Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath