School: Bán-Tír (C.) (roll number 2804)
- Location:
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Dheadaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 722
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- (continued from previous page)A man was found dead on the Glynn Road, Banteer, Co. Cork, in a place known as Murray's Hill. He was buried in Killavoy Graveyard.
The body of a woman was discovered also in Patrick Riordan's land, Killavoy, Banteer. This woman lived in a house in the field where her dead body was found. Her name was Connelly and the field where she was found is still known as Connelly's field.
- In the famine days while men were employed making a road from Nadd to Inchimay one of the workers left his companions. The others forgot about him and so did not notice his absence for some time. When they went to look for him they found his dead boyd under a tree. Hunger cold caused his death.
In the Lyre, Banteer, Co. Cork district in famine days a farmer found a young girld taking(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Linehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Linehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Banteer, Co. Cork
