School: Na Corráin (roll number 9938/9)
- Location:
- Currans, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Cormac Ó Muircheartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)starve to death, and starve they did.
The time of the famine the landlords in the district formed a union and hired the poor people for small wages making roads and other works.
The following story relates an incident of the famine.
A road was making at Glenageenty, Catsleisland, and all the poor people were working there. One evening as two men were coming home from work - they sat down by the roadside, tired and hungry. The following morning they were found dead by the roadside, covered with snow. - Transcription guide »You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Con Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Currans, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mr Dan Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Currans, Co. Kerry