School: Crieve (roll number 4369)
- Location:
- Creeve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)when they reached a public house the first man drew his car accross the road and prevented any of the others passing so all got down and went into the public house.
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“The last of the relief work was in 1849.”
When a hill beside the school was cut down, and an avenue cut into the house of Mr Wallace. The men employed were like walking skeletons and quite a number of them dropped dead at work. The "Red Rock" potato was the only potato sown at that time. Mrs Wallace tells a story which she hear from her mother. When she had a scanty meal prepared for a family of ten a man who had had not food for several days walked in, and ate all the food himself. - Collector
- E.A. Brown
- Gender
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Creeve, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Wallace
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Creeve, Co. Monaghan
