School: Kenagh, Longford (roll number 15154)
- Location:
- Keenagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: T. Ó Murchadha
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- The Famine Period 15.2.38People had to eat three spoonfuls of Indian meal every dary and eat raw turnips and drink buttermilk. They had to dig lee land for three halfpenny a day. They had to break stones and the ganger marked one pound of meat for each man. That had to [do] them for a week.I got this story from Patrick Kelly ages 60 years on the 1 December 1931.Patrick Gerety age 14 years
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- Patrick Gerety
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- Male
- Age
- 14
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- Patrick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60