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School: An Caipín, Inis Céin

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Cappeen, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Cruadhlaoich
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 164

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  1. A Famine Story

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    In the year 1848, people dies in great numbers in this district, when the potatoes failed. The government started to give out meal to the starving people. They used to appoint some person in each district, generally a Protestant or a landlord to give out the meal. In order to get the meal, one had to turn Protestant.
    A Catholic man lived near Ballineen and he tried for the meal, but was refused. He then said
    If I were a "Stanley"
    or a "Schofield" from Phale
    I'd soon get an order
    For three pounds of "male"
    The Schofields and Stanleys were the descendants of planters and were Protestants, as are their descendants at the present day around Ballineen.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Cross
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Occupation
    Smith
    Address
    Cappeen West, Co. Cork