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School: Áth na gClaidheamh (roll number 10537)

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Annagleve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 373

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  1. Folklore - The Famine

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    Long ago a man dide of hunger in Knockagolis. This man offered his farm of land for one stone of meal but he would not get it.
    The farms were very small and there was almost a house in every field. Thoes houses contained large familys but when the famine came they had nothing to eat and right people would not give the poor people anything so they died with the hunger.
    There are many ruins in my district. These houses
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Shevlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Owne Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Knockavolis, Co. Monaghan