School: Kilmuckridge

Location:
Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 184

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    There are several specimens...

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    (nee Cullen) and wife of the narrator of several of these stories, who still has in her possession some very fine linen tablecloths, quilts, blankets etc -- all linen [?} craft.
    She says that acres and acres of flax were grown round here in the old days.
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    Mrs Doran of Ballyadam (aged 58) tells me that a family names Francis...

    Mrs Doran of Ballyadam (aged 58) tells us that a family named Francis lived in the house where her family now live, and that in his day there were up to 50 men employed at Boltons(?) of the Island (a neighbouring gentleman's place), also over 50 at Mr Doyne's of Wells and Cremore, and that there
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lizzie Dempsey
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Killincooly More, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Doran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ballyadam, Co. Wexford