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School: Radharc na Sionainne (roll number 16477)

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Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
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Nóirín Ní Uiginn
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    During the Famine a poor old travelling man fell sick with fever from the hunger. He staggered into a field behind Clasby's fort. The people of Maddysrulla attended to him as well as they could. They fixed up a shelter for him and made him as comfortable as possible. But the poor fellow died and they put him into a bag and buried him in the ould graveyard in Portrun. because they could get no coffin for him they were so scarce. Many a poor one was buried without a coffin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patrick Davis
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Maddysrulla, Co. Roscommon