School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gort Leitreach, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 125

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  1. In the time of the Great Famine 1846 - 47 the people died by the hundred. In a field of Michael Tiernan's, Tulcon, a family lived in a little garden named Gaffney's.
    In that house there lived a girl with her father and mother. She was the greatest beauty in Tulcon, Her parents were poor, and when the famine came they had no food. The neighbours used to give her a bit to eat, but one day she got none, and the next day she died and was buried in a corner of the garden
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Mallon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tul Con, Co. Liatroma