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School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)

Location:
Teerelton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 096

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    fed like dogs, housed like cattle the inmates were huddled together naked and unashamed screaming, cursing, howling, with pain whining for food, having acquired the instincts of the lower animals and lost the higher attributes of man.
    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
    Collector
    Joan O' Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cooldorragha, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Eugene O' Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cooldorragha, Co. Cork