School: Nurney (roll number 16345)
- Location:
- Nurney, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: S. Ó Buadhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)them half an acre of bog for £1. On this they built their mud huts. They received only £2:6d per week for their labour. Sugar was not in use as it cost 1 shilling per lb. Their food consisted mainly of Indian porridge and potatoes.
- There was a very big population. At the back of Murray's forge, Mylerstown there were forty houses. Now there is none. There were 20 houses in Nurney, now there are only ten houses. In Farrell's Lame, Blackditch there were forty houses. Now there are only five. In the Ballalley Bulackditch there were ten houses. Now there (were) are four houses Families in these mud houses were large in most cases. There were three public houses in Nurney. There is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Bohan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Stephen O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nurney, Co. Kildare
