School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

Location:
Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    travelled all the way from Achill in search of food, died on the road-side, outside Prison School. He was waked and coffined there. His coffin was a poor one.
    Others migrated to America and died on the voyage as a result of the hard-ships, they suffered from hunger before leaving home. The famine was followed bu a plague which caused many thousands of deaths.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick James Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cregg, Co. Mayo