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School: Coolfore (roll number 10700)

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Coolfore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Cuanaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 267

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    One day during the famine a man came to my grandmother's house for some food and he said that he did not get a bit to eat for a week before that. When he got some refreshments he went on his way and in about an hour afterwards they got him lying dead in a field
    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
    Margaret Shankey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rakeeragh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Bernard Shankey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Rakeeragh, Co. Monaghan