School: Convent of Mercy, Athlone
- Location:
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Sr Regis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0749, Page 154
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- This district was greatly effected by the Famine. Mrs. Curley, of St. Ciaran's Tce, remembers hearing her father-in-law tell that he was doing relief work at the Town Bridge at this time. He often passed over two or three dead bodies, coming home from work. Thousands died of starvation and also of cholera, a disease caused by the Famine.
There was a special field in which these Cholera victims were buried. The poor people died in such numbers that they were buried without coffins, just thrown into a hole. This field is quite noticeable, the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Curley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Athlone, Co. Westmeath
