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School: Páirc na Coille

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Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
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Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 218

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    and the juice of grass and nettles on their mouths because that is what they ate. the fever followed the hunger but the people were too weak to live long with sickness. Some men came and buried the uncoffined bodies in the nearest hole to them.
    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
    Jim Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    James Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Derrycashel, Co. Roscommon