School: Clonaslee (C.) (roll number 16031)
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- Clonaslee, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uigín
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- (continued from previous page)gave relief in the form of Indian Meal, but it came too late to save most of the people. The Dunnes of Brittas gave relief work of a kind. It was the thinning of their turnip crops. They allowed the people to bring home the thinnings to eat with their porridge. The Dunnes also paid the men 2d per day to sink an artificial lake on the demense.