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School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)

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  1. Stories of 1798

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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
        2. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Laurence Doyle
    Gender
    Male

  2. Stories of 1798

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    In the year 1798 Mr Carty lived in a house near Enniscorthy. In the night himself and his wife used to be afraid to stop at home for fear of the English soldiers. They used to go out in the deep trenches at night time and stay there until the morning. If the English soldiers went in the house the woman would put a brush in the window.
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