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School: Tír na nEascrach

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Tiranascragh, Co. Galway
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Eamonn Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0058, Page 0210

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    lived in a separate house died of the fever.
    The government set up a depot for distributing Yellow Meal. Each person got an adult 1 lb, a child 1/2 lb. The man who distributed the meal always wetted it - whether to make it heavy or for what purpose is not known.
    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
    Informant
    John E. Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tiranascragh, Co. Galway