School: Monaghan (Convent, Girls) (roll number 359)

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1. Local Ruins (continued)

   

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   who were too weak and feeble to provide for themselves were allowed to stay here but after some time the workhouses were filled and fever broke out. Many people died of starvation. These houses were established in 1847.

   

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2. Means of Travelling Long Ago

   

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   Means of Travelling long ago Besides walking long ago, or using a horse, the stage coach was also in use. Like most vehicles of modern times there were three classes in the old stage-coach. The roads were very bad then and also very hilly. When the coach came into use it was difficult for the horse, or horses to draw the coach and its occupants up the hills so the third class passengers got out of it and pushed the first

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Finnegan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   John Finnegan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newbliss, Co. Monaghan