School: Claremorris (B.) (roll number 9863)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: -
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- To my knowledge I have heard no stories or traditions told about the famine times. A man told me that the famine affected the district very much.
There is a stone in Mr. Higgin's land to show where the people were (born) buried during that period. I heard that an average of forty people was buried in each pit.
A terrible blight came on the potatoes and they had nothing to eat. The potatoes decayed in the ground and seed came from foreign countries. I cannot tell if government relief reached this district or no along the roads people were seen dying. A priest named Father Peter Reynolds sold his horse to buy food for the poor people.
- Collector
- T. Dowd
