School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)
- Location:
- An Droim Mór, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 364
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- I have heard of many events that happened during the famine of 1848 round this locality.
During the famine there lived an old woman and her daughter along Donegal River. Her name was Mrs. Wallace and her daughter's name was "Grace". They had nothing to eat because they were very poor. At last old Mrs Wallace died Grace was in a terrible way for she had no money or no means to buy a coffin, in which to bury her mother. She thought of a plan. She prepared a creel and put the corpse into it. Then she put the creel on her back and carried it to Kilmacshalgan old Church-yard where the corpse was buried. On her way to the church-yard she laid down the creel a few times to rest.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Frank Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Dún Néill, Co. Shligigh
