School: St Anne's, Easkey (roll number 13968)

Location:
Easky, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Cáit Nic Eoin
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    at bridges and walls between Sligo and Ballina and many of the bye roads between these towns are called Stirabout Roads. Many of our boys and girls took passage in the ships that brought the food, and when sailing round Killala Bay a storm came on. They waves came over the deck, the poor young boys and girls were down in the cabin asleep and in the morning they were all dead.
    Sorrow must have filled every Irish heart at this time. In the year 1847 the people were dying like flies in Easkey. They could not make coffins for all but threw them into big holes or buried them along the ditches by the roadside.
    One night after a big funeral a cry was heard, but no one ventured out to see what caused the cry, because they were afraid and thought it was a ghost.
    Next day they found one of the lot that was buried the day before. He had been buried alive
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Morrison
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fortland, Co. Sligo