School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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Historical Tradition (continued)
“Long ago in the year 1846 and 1847 there was a big famine....”
(continued from previous page)people in Ireland. A lot of people went to the poor houses and there was no room for them and the English Government sent them over a little indian meal.
Cromwells army passed through our district in 1649 and he knocked down Conra and Taughboyne church. Cromwell was hanged by his own army in England.- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- C. Scally