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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile

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Kinsale, Co. Cork
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0319, Page 301

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    class in the village they would be rewarded with food and clothes.
    The people composed mocking verses in Irish about the turn coats.
    At last the Famine passed. Mrs Harris' business went to ruin. She went to England the land of her love and died there.
    It was then that Fear na Gruaige settled in Downderry. Finally he disappeared. He was supposed to have gone back to his native Muskerry and to have been drowned in the Suláin.
    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)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Maighread Ní Mhathghamhna
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Séamus Breathnach
    Gender
    Male