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School: Cill Críosta

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Kilchreest, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0278

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  1. An Drochshaol (continued)

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    gaol and Fr Colman could get me out, I'd be left within".
    Fr. Burke at this time was failing in health, owing to the shock he recieved when part of the altar fell when struck by lightning while he was saying Mass one Sunday, his boy Jack White was killed instantly while holding his pony outside the chapel door.
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  2. An Drochshaol

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    In the year 1848 the people of Ireland had no food to eat because the blight came on the only food they had, the potatoes. In this district the people were not as bas as in other places.
    At this time Major Perfse was living in Roxboro. He made stirabout and delivered it to the people of the district
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clare Ward
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynacurragh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynacurragh, Co. Galway