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School: Tír na nEascrach

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Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0215

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    townlands.
    The famine does not seem to have hit the district as it did other places. The people were terribly poor and during the famine there was a government distribution of yellow meal. One man and his son had one head of cabbage in the garden - they were Rigneys -The son wanted to eat the head of cabbage for the supper but the father insisted that they keep it for the morning as that was all they would have for the day. But in the morning they found that the head of cabbage had been stolen during the night.
    One old man Mitchell who died about 20 years ago at
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    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
    Informant
    John E. Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tiranascragh, Co. Galway