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School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer

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Knockerra, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0629, Page 252

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    In 1848 the third year of the famine people were dying wholesale. There are a number of mounds apparently graves close by the Cree river and on the Cree side. It is related that no fewer than 28 burials took place one day on this spot. I know another spot where a man was buried but whilst shovelling in the earth the diggers heard a moan. Quickly unearthing the coffin they removed the lid. The man had turned and faced downwards. They raised him up and gave him some drink. That man afterwards went to America and became a rich man.
    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
    Mary Bridget Crotty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Cooney
    Gender
    Male