School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)
- Location:
- Towlerton, Co. Laois
- Teacher: L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 276
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- There was a great famine in this locality in the year eighteen and forty six and forty seven. The potatoes did not grow and the people began to die in great numbers. Thousands of people were dying with the hunger. The potatoes decayed and afterwards in the pits and they had no potatoes to sow for the following year.
- Collector
- Thomas Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Willie Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Keeloge, Co. Laois
- There is a holy well in Kilgory. There is an old tree beside this well. If you drink the water and leave a ribbon on the tree you will get rid of the disease.People(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Burke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardateggle, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Michael Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Keeloge, Co. Laois
