School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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    that he could cure a bile to leave his hand on it. He could cure a burn. He could cure stone bruise.
    Teller Mrs Tom Reddington
    Cortoon
    Dunmore
    Co Galway
    Ireland
    Writer: Tom Reddington
    Cortoon
    Dunmore
    Ireland
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Famine
    All the potatoes rotted the year of the Famine. They did not know what spray was. The blight fell and burned the stalks. The people were dying with the hunger. The people used to die out in fields when they were working. They used to die in the road side. They used not be able to carry him to the graveyard and they used to bury them in fields. The people had no
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Kirrane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clogher Lower, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Fahy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clogher Lower, Co. Roscommon