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School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 415

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    “The value of the Irish language in Ireland many years ago during the famine in Ireland.”

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    The value of the Irish language in Ireland many years ago during the famine in Ireland. The English people offered soup and bread to the people of Clonmany on condition that they would go two Sundays to the Protestant Church. The poor people would not turn against their God and preferred to die of starvation rather than part with their faith handed down to them by St. Patrick. One poor woman with fourteen of a family that lived in Straid yielded and agreed to go to the Protestant Church. The
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tirhoran, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Joe Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghfin, Co. Donegal