School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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- The great famine which came in eighteen-forty-seven caused many lives to be lost. It was known by the name "The Black Famine of forty seven. The famine was caused by a failure in the potato crop in the ground and any that came safe from the blight decayed in the pits. Many people died of hunger. The government gave the poor people food which consisted of porridge made from Maize meal and it was boiled in a large pot called "The famine pot" The government also gave some seed potatoes free called
Scotch Downs. The porridge was boiled in a large pot in the market yard and each family went there every day for the share. It was distributed according to the number of people in each family - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Seán D'Arsaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tomás Ó Cartaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath