School: Kilcoskan, The Ward
- Location:
- Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- (continued from previous page)Drumcondra. T. Corcoran worked for him + one day at 12 a.m when walking through the 20 acre field he stood on hungry grass + felt faint with hunger.
Struggled to Keatings where his dinner was ready. His own food which (hes) he brought to this house did him (on) no good. He came home + ate his supper, ate again at 12 o'clock p.m.- which was (unuas) unusual, ate his breakfast at 7.30 (p) a.m. + still felt hungry until he went into Mrs. Gallagher, Thorntown + asked her for a cut of bread which relieved him.
Thomas Lumley was one day walking across a ten acre field belonging to Nicholas Rooney, Robertstown. When he reached the corner of the field(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
