School: Cill Críosta
- Location:
- Kilchreest, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0035, Page 0281
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“Even in our own district there are many disastrous stories to be heard from the old people who heard them from people who lived during the famine . . .”
(continued from previous page)a blackish green from eating nettles and that he had the real look of a starvling.This is how the people find skeletons of those bodies who were interred during the famine in the neighbouring sandpits.Another man died just exactly where our own haggard is now situated. He was on his way to work. This place was then in possession of Hardy's who were protestants.In those times protestants tried to coax the poor hunger-stricken people from the true faith by giving free soup on Wednesdays and Fridays. The houses in which the soup was made were called soup schools.One of those schools was situated near Athenry owned by protestants whose name were Atkins. This was a shop and those people were selling scapulars, beads, and other emblems of Faith, and were only mocking them. When the people would go to buy anything(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mena Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Michael Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Raheen Oughter, Co. Galway