School: Clochar na Trócaire, Tráighlí
- Location:
- Tralee, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: An tSr. Proinnsias
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0440, Page 056
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- It was the time of the great famine in Éire, "Black '47'". The people of Éire were starving. The people of Baltigarron, Spa, Tralee were starving, all except one man, Flaherty who had four bags of corn [?] which he intended to set. His wife, a generous woman, each day gave some wheat to her starving neighbours, until one day all was given. Fearing her husbands anger she fled from the house (in anger) that night. It so happened that this was the night previous to the day Flaherty had appointed to set his wheat. He did not know that his wife had given the wheat away and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Nualláin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tawlaght, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michéal Ó Nualláin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tawlaght, Co. Kerry
