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School: An Cheapach (roll number 14508)

Location:
Cappagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0108

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    was the victim's son who arrived in Dublin on the morning of the catastrophe.
    Those people remained homeless by the land slide were given shelter in Aughnane Castle near Ballygar. The then Parish priest, Canon Kielty, supplied them with food, clothing and bedding and there they remained till the land commission was in a position to provide them with new houses and holdings of land.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Ballygar, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cappagh, Co. Galway