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School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Eugene Conway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 283

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    uncoffined in trenches sometimes there lay there abandoned and uninterred. In the year 1845 the potato-crop was so good that the potatoes were [?] behind the ditches and walls and in the drains.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frankie Nally
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Jonnie Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    96
    Address
    Tipper, Co. Longford