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School: Crieve (roll number 4369)

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Creeve, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0937, Page 218

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    those who could afford to buy it bought it and those who could not afford it got it free. There was a porridge house close to the school there was another on at Castleshane and one at Mr Lowey's Cashel, Clontibret, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan. They had large boilers and boiled porridge and the poor people go[t] a small cam full each day there was a hill cut on the road passing the school. The younger people emigrated to America they sent home money to the old people when the old people died the houses were knocked down there are no traces of them now they are in the soil.
    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
    Isobell Farlow
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryarrilly, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mr Gage
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Listroar, Co. Monaghan