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School: Cnoc an Teampoill (B.), Ráth Luirc

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Freemount, Co. Cork
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Domhnall Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0366, Page 059

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    eaten them than they went to some pool or well where they drank water until they died.
    Epidemics of all kinds followed the famine. Many families were stricken down with fever, and as the patients had little or no attendance, they all with few exceptions perished.
    The famine years are still spoken of but not to such an extent as that of twenty years ago.
    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
    James Nunan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    David Nunan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortnascregga, Co. Cork