School: Clonmellon (C.) (roll number 9501)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs O' Reilly
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- (continued from previous page)ever happened.An awful disease called "The Collara" reached our village in the famine years. This disease was brought in first by a showman named Farrelly but it only got as far as the middle of the town because the priest stopped it from going any further.
- It is said that the "Spire of Llyode" was build with the relief money during the Penal Days. There is a big pot in Tom Fay's yard which was used for boiling the porridge in during the famine.
- Informant
- James Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- There are only two local poets around our parish. Their names are Brian o'Higgins who everyone knows(continues on next page)
