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School: Drong (roll number 15699)

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Drung, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 169

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    mother would go to the food depots and come back with-out their share, and if she got it she would carry the can on top of her head, and her wrinkled white face would be lit up with a smile.
    In the day time the father would go to some of the out-houses to avoid the wails of his hungry children as he could not bear to see them.
    Edward Toye.
    Drung,
    Quigley's Pt.
    Co. Donegal,
    1:3:1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Toye
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal