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School: Bennekerry, Carlow

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Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
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Liam Ó hAodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 395

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    There was a house on Mahon's Hill, in Joh.nstown, with ten acres attached to it. Mrs Murphy owned it. She had a field of potatoes which got destroyed, during one of the famine years , and she and her children died of hunger afterwards.
    Michael Pender,
    Johnstown,
    Bennekerry,
    Carlow
    June 28th , 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Pender
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Johnstown, Co. Carlow