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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 138

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  1. The Famine

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    About ten families lost their homes in this district during the famine. Some of them died on the roadside, others died in the workhouse, and others in their homes. The people who died in their houses might be a week or more dead before they were got. People used to dig a big hole in the ground and throw them into it. They would shake clay between each person and put a piece of stick cut in the shape of a cross down beside them for a headstone.

    Pupil's name:
    Mary Coughlan
    Darogue
    Account got from my grandfather of same address aged 78
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Coughlan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Daroge, Co. Longford