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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 131

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    land.
    There were a lot of people hungry until the English Government sent them yellow meal. There were boilers erected here and there about the country, and there were people there for the purpose of boiling the yellow meal, and sharing it to the people in pints and quarts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry