School: Gort na Carraige (Rockfield) (roll number 9009)

Location:
Knocknashangan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 181

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1029, Page 181

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    During the Famine years the roads were made of mud and the men who worked on them only got four pence a day which was very small payment and the people could scarcely earn enough money to get food for themselves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghore, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 46