School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   445
   There were shiploads of goods and money coming from other countries and they English Government would not let them to the coast they wanted to starve out they country.
   A lot of girls and boys went America to make a living
   Catherine Down told me this information aged years.
   Annie Smyth, Ballmore, Granard.

   

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2. Our Holy Wells

   

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   445 Our Holy Wells There are two Holy Wells in my district one in Laurences Geraghty's field Ballymore and another in Tom Dohertys Granard Kille. The name of the well that is in Laurence Geraghty's is Foran. There is a big stone where the Saint knelt down and he was thirsty and could see no water around so he scrobed the sand and a little well came forth and in a few years after a bush grew over the

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   Topics

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Fagan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Leitrim, Co. Longford