School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- (continued from previous page)famine. She pointed out a lane, in which nine men were lying dead, and amongst them her own husband. Owing to the terrible state of the country she had to wheel him a mile to Lurgan, and bury him herself, because there was no people to be got to bury him.
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- Collector
- Paddy Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Govern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- During the famine a rich man named Kellett lived in Cornasesk, he was very rich, and he kept a large number of men in his employment. He paid these men very poorly. He only gave them about fourpence a day. Some of these men had large families and they could not support them. There(continues on next page)
