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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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Boyle, Co. Roscommon
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Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 181

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    The government sent a certain amount of food to each town, and it was the parish priest of Boyle, Father McDonagh, that distributed the food to the Boyle people, at the workhouse gates once a week.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dell Kivlehan
    Address
    Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Martain
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartron, Co. Roscommon