School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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  1. Mrs Rabb told me that at the time of the famine the people used to be dying along the road with the hunger.
    They were not buried in coffins like what we have now. It was in tarred sheets. Three men would to around
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Flannery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Rabb
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    Over 80
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary