School: Cill Mhic Eoghain (roll number 9848)
- Location:
- Kilmackowen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0275, Page 370
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“I am living in a small place called Carrig.”
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I am living in a small place called Carrig. It is in the town land of Kilmacowen. There are four houses in this place. Carrig is a very high rocky place and some of the land is very wild. The land in Maulin is very coarse, and cattle do not feed there. You would see in the bottom of a hill where gardens were set.
There is an old "Cabhlach" in the bottom of the hill in our field. Long ago in the time of the famine. The man of the house died with hunger. He went outside the door and he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peg Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrig, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Gerry Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Carrig, Co. Cork