School: Mín a Ghabhann (Meenagowan) (roll number 16823)

Location:
Mín an Ghabhann, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Glacáin
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    blight came on the potatoes growing.
    The most of the people died with fever. Not many died with hunger. The people helped them on. There is a man buried down at Corr cross roads. His house is not far from the grave. That man died the time of the famine. There is another grave up in Toome
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Ghiolla Riadaí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Maggie McCready
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuaim, Co. Dhún na nGall