School: Tunnyfoyle
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- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thréinfhir
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- In the year 1847 The road leading from Bailieborough town to Cavan town was made.
That was during the famine times
A lot of people died of hunger that time.
The men had to work at the rate of fourpence a day and feed themselves.
In that there came a failure on the potatoes and the people could not eat them.
The failure of the potatoes caused feaver. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Cathleen Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonyfoyle, Co. Cavan
- 7. When a person sneezes - god bless us.
8. If a person is spoken of as being deformed - God bless the mark.