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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

Location:
Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 185

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    by a Protestant, but he wouldn't give any to a Catholic, unless they promised faithfully to attend the Protestant service on the next Sunday. Some of them availed of this opportunity, but the majority died of starvation and plague rather than forfeit their religion.
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    The effects left by the famine of 1846-'47 in this district, were so numerous, that for years later, the people were very unfit for work, with the result that this district was unattended to. The population was reduced
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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dell Kivlehan
    Address
    Béal an Átha Mín, Co. Ros Comáin
    Informant
    Mr Kevin Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cruachán, Co. Ros Comáin