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School: Cromghlinn (C) (roll number 15411)

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Crumlin, Co. Galway
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Cáit Ní Óbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0082, Page 416

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    “The time of the famine was in the year 1846,47.”

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    to perish and die. They ate porridge and oat meal cakes but that did not last them long so they were eating grass they used to draw the blood of the cattle and drink it. Some people killed and ate donkeys.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Nic Aoda
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laragh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tomas Mac Aoda
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Laragh More, Co. Galway