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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 139

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    When any of the people died the neighbours of this townland carried the corpse to the next townland & so on till they came to the graveyard & in some cases they were not able to reach it. There are the ruins of seven houses in my district namely, Hanley's, McGrath's, Shanley's Fanning's, Skelly's, Jordan's, & McArdle's. These places were very thickly populated at this time. People had no potatoes for the next year. They had to eat Indian stirabout instead of potatoes.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Gerety
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Gerety
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford