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School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)

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Lowertown, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 374

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  1. Famine Times in this District (continued)

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    and all the people went in there. They got better food, but some of them were too far gone and they died. When the times got better, there was a hospital called "The Work House" built in Schull district between Schull and Ballydehob. The man in charge of it was Michael Brown from Dreenathraw. All the sick and hungry people were put in there and it also gave work to some people, to get food and to take care of those people. It was a great improvement to the poor people, but the Sinn Féinn men of nineteen sixteen burned it fearing the English Soldiers would come to live there. The four walls of it are still to be seen.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Timothy Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    William Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leamcon, Co. Cork