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   (nee Cullen) and wife of the narrator of several of these stories, who still has in her possession some very fine linen tablecloths, quilts, blankets etc -- all linen [?} craft.

   She says that acres and acres of flax were grown round here in the old days.

   

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   “Mrs Doran of Ballyadam (aged 58) tells me that a family names Francis...”

   

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   Mrs Doran of Ballyadam (aged 58) tells us that a family named Francis lived in the house where her family now live, and that in his day there were up to 50 men employed at Boltons(?) of the Island (a neighbouring gentleman's place), also over 50 at Mr Doyne's of Wells and Cremore, and that there

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Lizzie Dempsey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Killincooly More, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Doran

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   58

   Address

   Ballyadam, Co. Wexford