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School: Mairnéulaigh

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Inishcrone, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ann, Bean Uí Blachnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 290

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    Great Famine (Contd)
    walls, bridges, and workhouses and the Government paid them 4 d a day.
    One of the ships that brought over the meal was going back empty. Some of the boys and girls got into the ship and were going to go across to America, but as they were leaving Killala bay a storm arose so they did not go out to sea but stayed in the bay. The boys and girls went below where there was a stove lit. The sailors battened down hatches to keep the water out from them, but when they went down in the morning they found the boys and girls all dead for want of fresh air.
    Written by -:
    Ruth Quill,
    Knox St.,
    Ballina.
    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
    Ruth Quill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo