School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Mainistir na Corann (roll number 512)

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   “Ballinacurra House is occupied by Mr Andrew Roland...”

   

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   of a Crucifix to be seen still. This wall is overgrown with ivy.
   There is a cellar in the old wing of Ballinacurra House, and even in daylight, one has to bring a light in to see anything. It is said that the monks of old kept wine and valuables here. There is a passage leading from the house to one of the fields, probably an escape in time of danger.
   Above information supplied by Madge Connor who got it from her sister, & by Kathleen Lear, who got it from her father Mr H. O'Sullivan, Ballinacurra, Midleton.

   

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2. Year of the Famine in Midleton

   

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   The following information was supplied by Eileen O'Keeffe, the Mill Road Midleton, who got it from her Aunt. The Aunt was told the tale by her mother: - In the Famine years, there was situated at the top of the Mill Road, a row of sheds. Into these sheds, all the poor people of the town were put. It is told that a priest used come + feed them. & that the people were dying of starvation. As the same time a ship full of Indian meal was sent to the starving Irish, but, the English sunk it outside Cove Harbour. Most of the unfortunate people died.

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   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Mc Carthy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinacurra, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Eileen O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Midleton, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Jer Looney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballinacurra, Co. Cork