School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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- It was said that the dogs were so weak that they had to lean against the wall to bark.A respectable farmer's wife from the Co Meath came to Connells Ballinacliffy to beg. She was well dressed but was ravenous with the hunger and asked for turnips out of the pot to eat.
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- Mrs Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- A poor man was dying on the roadside near Finns for three or four days. No one was able to help him because they were nearly as bad themselves.
