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School: Cluain Fearta

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Clonfert, Co. Galway
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C. Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0092

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    Tales of the Famine
    In Kilmore in the year of the famine a mad dog passed by a house, as he passed by a pig, he bit him and this pig went mad also. The owner of this pig was not so poor. He got up on the pig sty and he stuck the pig with a fork, and took him to the bog where he buried him. When the poorer people heard of this they went to the bog and dug up the pig and eat him.
    Eilish Reilly.
    Heard from my father
    William Reilly
    Clonfert
    P.S.
    The name of the man who owned the pig was Peter Tierney. Great great grand father to Paddy Conniffe who is going to school
    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
    Eilish Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonfert, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonfert, Co. Galway