School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)

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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   and Clifford evicted them because they were not able to pay their rents. Great numbers of them died of hunger by the roadside.

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   Name Cloonlurg. Parish Emlaghfad. Barony Corran. There are elevin families in my townland There are about thirty seven people living in it. The most of the houses are thatched. The town land got its name on account of the rich meadows that are in it. There were about one hundred families living in my townland in former times. Great numbers emigrated to the United States and

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Brady

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonlurg, Co. Sligo