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School: Ballinakill (C.) (roll number 896)

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Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Cheirín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0831, Page 125

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    to them. The Famine held for two years until the Government began to give food. This saved the people that were left which were very few. Soon then the English began to give out money for which the Irish were very thankful. A good deal of people sold what they had. The people that got the yellow meal at that time lived for years.
    Information supplied by
    Mr J Mansfield.
    Chapel St.
    Ballinakill.
    Leix. Aged 52.
    Peggy Mansfield
    Chapel St,
    Ballinakill,
    Leix.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Mansfield
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr J. Mansfield
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Ballinakill, Co. Laois