School: Clews' Memorial (roll number 15465)
- Location:
- Mainistir na Búille, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máire Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 012
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- (continued from previous page)children lived happy for many a long year after.
- In the time of the famine a man lived with his mother about a mile from Boyle. One day his mother died from starvation. He put her in a creel and carried her through Boyle on his back. He hoped the police would take him up, and send him to prison, because he knew he would be sure of a bit to eat there. The jails were full, and he was made bring his mother to the grave yard and bury her. He himself lingered for a few days more on boiled nettles, and then he also died.
- Informant
- John Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Gearradh, Co. Ros Comáin
