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School: Béal Átha na Sluagh (Buachaillí)

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Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam P. Mac an Bháird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0092

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  3. XML “Fairy Forts”
  4. XML “The Famine”

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  1. Fairy Forts

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Frank Fallon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brackernagh (Clancarty), Co. Galway

  2. The Famine

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    In the year 1845 a blight came on the potatoes in Ireland. At first sight the Irish people did not know what this [ment] and they knew no way for the [frebension] of further destruction. As a result all the potatoe crop failed that year. All
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