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School: Taplach (roll number 5114)

Location:
Taplagh, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 305

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0931, Page 305

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  1. Old Schools (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    the year 1848 when the famine raged in the country. The railway line from Dundalk to Castleblayney was being laid at this time and the poor famine-starved people availed of the work offered in order to make a little money - and very little they got for this labour too.
    Many works of public utility were undertaken during the years of the famine. Braes were cut and in many instances the labourers got about four pence a day. Several houses still stand where stirrabout or porridge was doled out to the starving peasantry and some are known even to-day as "Stirrabout Houses"
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  2. Local Place Names

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    Sean-Park
    Sam's Bog
    Mulla-crum
    The Gruggan
    Grizzy
    The Alt
    Log an Easbuig (adjacent to the old chapel in Taplagh)
    The old chapel at Donaghmoyne was called The Bóthóg (according to Mrs. McMahon of Dian.)
    The Dúbhog (dúbhóg). Black hole in river (very deep).
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