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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 065

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    out of Curraghboola and Killendowd.
    There were sixteen hundred families in this Parish before the famine. Some of the ruins are scarcely visible in this townland.
    All the potatoes took the blight when they were small and they did not grow to be any size.
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  2. The Famine

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    A man named John Lennon who resided in Curracreehan had an acre of turnips about a quarter of a mile from the house. One day a lot of people came and eat all the turnips raw. When they had them eaten John Lennon brought the people to his house and fed them on oaten bread and butter for a long time. At that time people were found dead on the side of the road with their mouths full of grass. The
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Lennon
    Gender
    Male