School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)
- Location:
- Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 141
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - (continued from previous page)In the same town-land, the coins which were supposed to be used by the Danes were found in a field known as the "Liosathán". It is said that the coins were as large as half a crown, in English money.
- During the years of the famine, many people died of hunger in Dreenlomane. It is said that the people ate raw swedes and when they got a substantial meal, they died of a choking disease.A woman who had not eaten a meal of bread for four days, died of hunger in the vicinity of the barytes mines, Dreenlomane. She was dead a week, and still no attempts were made to bury her. The body was now in a state of corruption, and four neighbours, who had drunk enough whiskey, undertook to bury the body. Having procured a coffin, they shouldered the(continues on next page)
