School: Doirín na nDamh (roll number 5348)
- Location:
- Derreenneanav, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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“Once, I heard my grandfather say that a man was going to Kenmare one day in the time of the famine.”
Once, I heard my grandfather say that a man was going to Kenmare one day in the time of the famine. When he was east near Blackwater he saw two men sitting on the roadside eating green rushes, and on his return one of the men was dead.(no title)
“Our great grandfathers lived, poor, but honest, hardworking, industrious, religious lives.”
Our great grandfathers lived, poor, but honest, hardworking, industrious, religious lives. They had no up to date methods such as we have to-day. They had no ploughs, no mowing(continues on next page)