School: Cloonlyon G. (roll number 12937)
- Location:
- Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Annie Burke
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- People were in a bad way dying with Starvation owing to Potato failure.
Ballisadare made bad meal got permission from Government to sell it to the people.
People died 24 hours after eating it. One died in Harringtons Ballyglass 300 were buried in Swinford work house.
An old barn was used in Castlebar as a work house and others died there.
Sir George Denry Moore - Land lord in Galway[?] about L. Cara & Hollymount. A very good man & gave all his money to help the poor.
Lord Lucan a neighbor of his also a good man
Through their influence meal was sent for Starving people.
Michael Davitt was evicted from his home - hence a great Irish man who fought for Irish freedom.
Worked in mill in Eng. & lost arm.
A few months ago a decendant of his Sir George Moore died in London - a great writer. He was cremated there and by his wish his ashes was conveyed to Ireland. & deposited in one of the Islands of Lough Cara.
Parsons bad man over Court of Ward persecuted(continues on next page)
