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School: Cromghlinn (C) (roll number 15411)

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Crumlin, Co. Galway
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Cáit Ní Óbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0082, Page 410

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    “The time of the famine long ago, there was great starving in the people.”

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    The time of the famine long ago, there was great starving in the people. There were a lot of people that had nothing to eat, and going around stealing they were. There were some people and they had only a few hundred of potatoes, and they used to have to bury them down in the ground or they would be stolen from them. Some people had little holes of potatoes out in the fields and they to have to make a little cabin out near the hole every night or they would be stolen from them. There was a man and his wife once and they and they were out mind the hole of potatoes in a little one night. They had a light in the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aoda
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laragh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tomas Mac Aoda
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Laragh More, Co. Galway