Abstract: Story collected by Liam Stewart, a student at Seosamh Naomhtha school (Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Stewart.
Original reference: 1028/1/170
School Seosamh Naomhtha [Vol. 1028, Chapter 0001]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools
transcribed at 
The Famine [duchas:4388645]
In Donegal during the Famine the starving people were offered food if they turned Protestant. A man named Kerrigan did so and as a reward he got a bag of meal. In the Ballyshannon district a great number of people died of small-pox. Those who died were interred in one large grave.
The Famine [duchas:4388646]
Sometimes people who were dying, but who were not quite dead, were buried alive. There was also a plague of cholera during the Famine. A girl was sick of the small-pox and the police came to take her away and bury her. Her parents, however, fought to prevent her burial. They succeeded in their object and later cured her.
Original reference: 1028/1/170
The Famine
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