Scoil: Clonlara

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Black 47 (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   This caused a great calamity as they had very little corn saved and the last years crops were exported. Some had a share of food stored and they shared as far as they were able. They lived on one meal and that was not half enough, they eat everything roots, crabs, haws, nettles, wild fruit, rabbits. They were soon walking skeletons, they died by the roadside in their cabins and everywhere they were brought out from town in vanloads and left to die by the ditches. The fever Cholera then set in and what escaped the famine died with the fever. They were taken and buried in loads, uncoffined, in fields here and there through the country, those places are called "Coilins" they are marked with numerous stones, there are a few of them arund here, there is one in Ahrenna near the Castle, there is another in Mike Hayes another in Con Lynche's another in Jim O Neills.
   Relief was sent to relieve the distress but the landlords put it down their own pockets.
   The priests then got charger of the money and they send out relief in the shape

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Malachy Dinneen

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   79

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   An Chill Mhór, Co. an Chláir