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School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)

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Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
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Seán Ó Dubhda
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  1. The Whitethorn Bush - A Story of the Famine Days

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    Previous to the Famine 1846-47 a prosperous family lived at Mount Allen near the Galley Bridge. The family consisted of six persons, father, mother, two sons and two daughters. They were robbed by their Landlords (the Landlords were England's garrison) who seized all their stock and crops for rent, until they had not a morsel of food to eat and no money to buy it, even it was to be had for buying. The mother was the first to die of hunger, and so on until none
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P.E. Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Reynolds
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim