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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 412

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    There was a woman named Nellie Kelly who lived, in Corrigeenroe near where I was born, (during the Famine). I knew her myself later on.
    Well, when the Famine was at its height, and starvation was everywhere, the Parsons and "big houses" started giving out "yalla male" (Indian meal). This poor woman had a big family, and they fell sick, in ones and twos from starvation. The neighbours, when they saw what was happening, advised her to go to Kilmactranny to the Parson's for the Indian meal. She knew well, she'd have to "turn" (Protestant) or at any rate, pretend she was going to turn, before she'd get it. So sooner than do that, she let them all
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim