School: Gaigue (B.), Ballinamuck (roll number 13305)
- Location:
- Gaigue, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peter Duignan
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- (continued from previous page)butter in huge quantities.
- The Famine came in 46 and 47. There was double the population that there is now. It did not effect this district as much as other districts. The people used to go every week and wait in Drumlish for their stone of meal on their turns. The Travellers used to come mostly from the Co Mayo.
- Collector
- Willie Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmahon, Co. Longford
- Informant
- John Devany
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kilmahon, Co. Longford