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School: Tolerton, Ballylickmoyler (roll number 11321)

Location:
Tamhlachtain, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
L. Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0838, Page 276

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  1. Famine Times

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    There was a great famine in this locality in the year eighteen and forty six and forty seven. The potatoes did not grow and the people began to die in great numbers. Thousands of people were dying with the hunger. The potatoes decayed and afterwards in the pits and they had no potatoes to sow for the following year.
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    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    2. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ard an tSeagail, Co. Laoise
    Informant
    Willie Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Chaológ, Co. Laoise

  2. Holy Wells

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    There is a holy well in Kilgory. There is an old tree beside this well. If you drink the water and leave a ribbon on the tree you will get rid of the disease.People
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