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School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

Location:
Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 08_006

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  1. Kenturk Castle (continued)

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    hung people.
    There was a boy once who would not obey his mother. She brought him to Tioboid to control him and Tioboid hanged him.
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  2. The Famine

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    The years of the famine were 1846 and 1847.
    The potato crop failed and the people had no other food and they died in thousands There was plenty of cattle and sheep in the country but they were shipped to England.
    Thousands died by the roadside
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora O' Grady
    Gender
    Female