School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)
- Location:
- Oldcastle, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire D. Ní Nialláin
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- (continued from previous page)to get some one to carry her in. The woman died the following day. When Spring came the people had no seed potatoes to set. A man by the name of Hugh O'Reilly went to Longford town and bought a consignment of them. He brought them to Oldcastle and sold them to the people. When Hugh O'Reilly died the priests said "He was an instrument between God and man for the benefit of the people."
- Informant
- Mr Pat Gibney
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumlerry, Co. Meath