School: Tyrrellspass (2) (roll number 13743)

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   of Mullingar near Lough Ennel and he also owns Charleville estate Tullamore. He is at present a trustee of the Belvedere Orphanage here.

   

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2. The Fall of the Church Steeple - 1911

   

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   On the seventh of February 1911 which was on a Thursday there was a great storm here. There was a meeting held in the church at eleven o'clock and the people had just gone out after the meeting when the steeple fell. Mrs Payne was standing at her door looking at the door and she saw something falling in the church yard. She knew it was the steeple of the church. Eight feet of it fell and some of it fell outside and part inside and broke the organ which was never any use again. The people had all to give money to get the new steeple and organ which we have now.

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         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tillie Fair

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs William Payne

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   79

   Address

   Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath