School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- (continued from previous page)Hodden, of Fountainstown House, parents of Francis G. Hayes Esq. the present owner of Crosshaven House.
Another interesting fact is - On several occasions when men have been making a new grave in this churchyard, they have come across quantities of fish shells a foot or more beneath the surface. It seemed to them a strange find, but the explanation is quite simple. In the time of the great famine, many fled to this spot for refuge, and their only food was the shellfish gathered on the shore at Church Bay and elsewhere. At the N. E. corner of the yard may still be seen the remains of some of these rude shelters they made for themselves.- Collector
- Síle Ní Bhailís
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Muiris Ó Conaill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork