School: Corr Riabhach

Location:
Correagh Glebe, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
R. Mac Éamuis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 041

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  1. In the famine times the Government used to send round a cart with porrige to the people, and sometimes the landlords would give bacon and soup to any person that would become a Protestant. Those who got help from the landlords were called "soupers".
    Bernard O Reilly,
    Lisgrey,
    Co Cavan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard O Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisgrea, Co. Cavan
  2. At the end of the lane leading to Lurgan Church a man lived by the name of Pat Farrelly, R.I.P. he died some years after the famine. In Correagh there was another old house. It was occupied by a man the name of Farrelly, R.I.P. He was
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