School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- In years gone by there was a famine all over Ireland. The blight fell early in the year and on that account there were no potatoes. The people had to pay high rent and having no money they had to sell their oats and wheat to get money.
There was a big population of nine million. They got their passages free to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridgie Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Kennedy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Rush Hill, Co. Mayo