School: Láithreach
- Location:
- Laragh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Duffy
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- 17. Famine:- About years 1842 - '44 was the Oats famine period. Oats was so bad in this district during those years that it had to be pulled.
Weather was so stormy that people had to dry it over the fire. Sand remained at roots of the straw and killed the cattle.