School: Greaghglass (roll number 11011)

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Greaghglass, Co. Monaghan
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Mrs. Ross
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0957, Page 037

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  3. XML “A Tale of the Famine - A True Story”
  4. XML “A Recommendation”

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gray
    Gender
    Male
  2. Adelaide Gillanders, 19th November 1937
    A Recommendation
    Tommy Heire (probably O’Hare) being temporarily ousted from the lucrative profession of farm labourer was seeking a new post. Mr McElnea, the celebrated horse-dealer and gentleman-farmer etc, who lives at Killymarley, some two miles out of Monaghan was engaged in the pleasant and profitable undertaking of interviewing this unemployed labourer. In the course of the interview, Mr McElnea enquired if Heire
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