School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

Location:
Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Seanán
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  3. XML “Historical Tradition - The Penal Days”
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
        2. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Edward Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Dublin Road, Co. Tipperary
  2. The Nenagh Hospital was where the Christian Brother's School is today at the time of the famine in Nenagh.
    During the Famine a plague broke out in Nenagh and it was called "The Irish Collerra".
    The people died so quickly that they had not time to make graves for
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