School: Knockjames

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Knockjames, Co. Clare
Teacher:
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  1. 7
    The famine
    1st. December, 1937
    In Derrynacleha ,Tulla Co Clare,there lived a woman named Mrs Murphy in a little hut.When the famine and plague was in Ireland she took the disease and died in her little hut.On account of the disease no one would go near her to bury her.After a while English soldiers came and buried her at the corner of her own yard and (sowed) planted an ash tree over
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare