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School: Killeigh

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Killeigh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Amhalghaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0804, Page 068

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0804, Page 068

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  1. Churning (continued)

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  2. A Story of the Famine

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    There are many stories told regarding the way the Irish people were fed during the Famine. Here is one of them. During the famine a man lived in Killeigh whose name is unknown. He lived in a house opposite where the Ball-alley is now but it was not in one of the houses that are there now. He was a widower and had a good many children. He had employment. He had a small garden in which he had sowed some peas. Every morning before he went to his work he used to gather some turf mould and mix some peas in it. This he would leave in a corner of the room and go to his work. When the children got up they would
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