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School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

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Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 500

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    The Famine
    There was a man living near Ballinafad named Pat Colly and there was 52 sheep stolen from him. One day when he was coming from work he met five or six people going to to the graveyard to bury his sons. The two of them had died with hunger. If a person was dying in the house all the rest of the household went out working, because they were afraid of the fever.
    If any person died in a house the people threw a coat
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Behy, Co. Roscommon