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School: Árd-achadh (roll number 17098)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Ó Coinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 312

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    After that any one that was rich enough they used to buy it. There were far more people in my townland about one hundred years ago but they all died with hunger the time of the famine.
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  2. Famine Stories

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    The time of the famine a lot of people died along the road from hunger. One evening a man named John Coyne came to my grandmother's father's house and he was not able to come to the door that was opened. He went to the nearest door to him and fell outside with
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Mhaolacháin
    Other names
    Eibhlín Ní Mhaolacháin
    Nellie Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Deelcastle, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Durkan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Deelcastle, Co. Mayo