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School: Kilmuckridge

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Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
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L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 149

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    After the famine year, thee was a complete scarcity of seed potatoes in this area, and some of the hardier fishermen, went up county for them. It is said here that they procured good seed as far away up North as Co. Down. These the landed from their rough craft - along the sea side places from Wexford to Cahore - a goodly supply was landed at Ballyvaldon Tinaberna + Ballinamona
    So scarce were the "seed" that year that when the "sets" were cut off from the very large potatoes that had been procured from up North - Louth + Down the remaining or inner portion of the potatoes was used as food.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Dempsey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Killincooly More, Co. Wexford