School: Clunelly (roll number 15953)
- Location:
- Tromaty, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 91
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- (continued from previous page)to America. For the people who had no money the English sent over a ship to take the people to America, but many died on the way. Great sums of A money were distributed in America and other countries for the Irish people. The Irish suffered many hardships from the famine. It is said that a man might walk a very long journey and break stones all day for six pence and that a three year old heifer might be given in exchange for a hundred weight of meal.
- Collector
- Kathleen Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gortanny, Co. Donegal
