School: Clochar na Trocaire

Location:
Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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  1. In 1845 and 1846 the Irish died with starvation at that time men were working for fourpence a day for the landlords.
    There was a road called "The New Line" made from Barna to Dunmore for chairty Fund Nobody ownes it.
    That road was made for those people so that they could get some yellow meal from India to England and the English Government gave it to those people who worked for fourpence a day for chairty Fund.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Garraun Beg, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Peter Hynes
    Address
    Knock, Co. Galway