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School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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Ballynaberney, Co. Wexford
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C. E. Kidd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 261

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    Those who worked at it had to work with shorthandled tools, all except two, who got leave to work with long-handled tools. They were Tim Kennedy and Greig Hanlon.
    After the family the people died very rapidly and many along the roads. A man named Martin Murray buried them all. When he came along the road leading from Newtownbarry he always called "Clear the road, sick patients
    Henry Levingston,
    Bolinahaney,
    Information recd. from
    Tom Kavanagh Labourer
    Kilrush,
    Strahart
    Information recd. by him from his mother now over 90 years of age.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Henry Levingston
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bolinahaney, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Tom Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Wexford