School: Teampoll Tuaithe, Teampoll Mór (B.) (roll number 16250)

Location:
Templetouhy, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Meadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 157

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0546, Page 157

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    o'clock an, and walk to Roscrea, a distance of twelve miles; and after doing his business there he was able to be back home a six o'clock in the evening.
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  2. There are very few people in Tipperary who have not heard of the Mc Cormack Brothers - two men absolutely innocent of the crime who was alleged to their charge, who were convicted by perjured evidence and sentenced to death by a perjured judge. These noble men were buried in Loughmore their native parish to which their bodies were brought from Nenagh in 1910 almost fifty two years after they were cruelly done to death. In 1857 the people of Tipperary were suffering untold
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Carey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female