School: Ráth Cúla, Domhnach Mór (roll number 2807)
- Location:
- Rathcoola West, Co. Cork
- Teacher: M. Ní Shúilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)the little (sp) ships that sailed from almost every western bay to the United States and to Canada. Thousands of people died of famine-fever and ship-fever, and their bodies were thrown over-board. So many died in this way that these emigrant ships in those years came to be known as coffin-ships. The bones of the poor Irish who died on ship-board whiten to this present day the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean all the way from Ireland to America.
- Informant
- Mr D. Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Ahadallane, Co. Cork