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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590C, Page 14_034

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    34
    Old roads
    22 nd. February,1938.
    In the years of the famine the people were starving in this part of the country.The English Government got a road made about ten miles long so as that the people could earn money.They pay that(we) they got was two pence per day.When they used to get their money they used to go and buy Indian meal which was the only food that
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Torpey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockjames, Co. Clare