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School: Carrowbeg (roll number 10754)

Location:
Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Rachel Nic an Ridire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 515

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    (He got the nickname because he had 6 toes on every foot). Anyhow when "Joey" came he sold the meal instead of distributing it to the starving people and kept the money for himself and built a big house near Moville with it. "Joey" was a native of Culdaff.
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        1. the great famine (~4,013)
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