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School: Liathdruim

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Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0062

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  1. The Famine

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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
        2. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyargadaun, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Duane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kylebrack, Co. Galway

  2. Penal Laws

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    Oliver Cromwell landed in Dundalk in 1649. He seemed delighted to crush the Roman Catholics in the country in which they almost succeeded in doing. The priests of Ireland had to seel shelter in isolated places.
    They read the holy sacrifice of the Mass in
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