School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)went to the poor man's cabin to order him out. The poor man refused to leave the cabin except on one condition:- that the other man was able to put him out.
The struggle began; after about half an hour the rich man succeeded in getting the poor man outside the door. "Ah" said the poor man "I'm beaten at last but you wouldn't do it only that I had to give the only turnip. I had to my family this morning and I haven't eaten anything for the past twenty four hours and I will now go on the road with my family". When the rich man heard this he took pity on him, let him back to his cabin, shared whatever food he had with him and they both survived the famine.II
In the years of the famine a man lived in Callura, about a mile and a half at the south side of Lahinch. His land was all a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr Malone
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
