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School: Rathregan (roll number 9846)

Location:
Rathregan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0687, Page 324

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    a old man.
    Fr Burke was born ad educated in Galway. He father was a bread baker.
    One day he was on board a ship and he was hungry. He asked the captain for something to eat. He gave him a salty herring which he could not eat.
    Mrs Lonergan and Mrs Flanegan were confirmed by Fr Burke after the famine.
    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
    Maeve Colins
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Lonergan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79