Response to questionnaire from Paddy Doran, aged 73, labourer and native of Tullyframe, Kilkeel parish, Co. Down but living at Mass Forth R. C. Church, Dunnaman. Also response from Mrs. Patrick McCrink, aged 65, wife of a shoemaker and a neighbour of Paddy Doran, from Kilkeel, Co. Down. Dated 13 July 1945.
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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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Response to questionnaire from Mary Daly, Creggan, Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, dated April 1945. Preceded by a cover sheet from Michael J. Murphy entitled The Famine (1845-1880), and he says the information is in two sections, section one is for south Armagh and section two was collected for the Mournes, south Down.
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Response to a questionnaire compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission on the Irish Famine (1845-1852) in the province of Connacht/ From Kathleen Hurley, Corloch House, Ballymoe, Co. Galway. Stamped: 19 May 1945. Includes letter addressed to [Seán] O' Sullivan. Information gathered from various sources including Maggie Burke, Williamstown, Co. Galway & Johnny Callaghan, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon; Followed by a letter from the respondent addressed to [Seán] O'Sullivan of the Irish Folklore Commission, dated 16 September 1945.
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Response to a questionnaire compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission on the Irish Famine (1845-1852)/ From Seán Ó Duinnshleibhe, Fermoy, Co. Cork, [1945]. Information refers to the district South of Nagles Mountains: Hyde Estate, Hudson Estate and Victor Roche's Estate in County Cork. Includes an account by John O'Reilly (farmer, age 80, Glenville) as told by his father John O'Reilly of Tourgarriffe and hand-drawn maps of famine relief schemes in the Glenville area.
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Responses to a questionnaire compiled by the Irish Folklore Commission on the Irish Famine (1845-1852) / collected by Tadhg Ó Murchadha (An Coirreán, Iveragh, Co. Kerry), 1936-1946. Information collected from various sources in the townlands and parishes of the baronies of Iveragh and Dunkerron South. Includes information collected by Tadhg Ó Murchadha from his father (Tadhg Ó Murchadha 1842-1928). Title-page stamped: Coimisiún Béaloideas Éireann. 29 September 1945. 20 April 1945.
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