School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar
- Location:
- Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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- The FamineThere 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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Behy, Co. Roscommon