Letter from R. Phelan, Kilmacoliver Ho., Pilltown, [Co. Kilkenny] [to the Irish Folklore Commission], 25 May 1945. Concerns a questionnaire compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission on the Irish Famine (1845-1852) in the province of Leinster; also a request for assistance in gaining a teaching position in Dublin.
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Letter from Patrick Donnelly, Blundell's Grange, Loughgall, Armagh, to James Delargy, 14 May 1945. He has received the "Famine questionnaire" [the Irish Folklore Commission's questionnaire on the Irish Famine (1845-1852)]. Says "there was a soup kitchen 200 yards from here but there is not a trace of memory of it nor anything connected with the Famine". Goes on to say he will collect and send stories about "landlord proselytism" in the parish of Loughgall.
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