School: Kilcoskan, The Ward
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- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
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- Hungry Sod: on which if you stand you feel weak with hunger. It is also called Hungry Grass. A great number of people in this district believe in the Hungry Sod
John Reddin & Thomas Corcoran
Kilcoskan,
The Ward
& Thomas Lumb, Lumley
Thorntown
Kilsallaghan
are three people who have really experienced this weakn[ess.] The first man mentioned abov[e] stood on a hungry sod in two different places. The first time it happened was in a field in Irishtown, The Ward, called Black Hill Field. At one part of the field a spot(continues on next page)- Informant
- Hugh Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- John Reddin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Thomas Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Thomas Lumb
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Thorntown, Co. Dublin