School: Cuilleán
- Location:
- Cuillaun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: León P. Mac Eachmharaigh
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- (continued from previous page)Another family lived in front of Mrs Beirne's valed the Treacys. They also went away to foreign lands. The garden where they lived is called "Gairre Treasa"
The people used to eat "Bloscáns" and grass. They had to give the oats as rates to the government.
- There was a great famine in this country in the years 1846 and 1847. The potatoes all rotted in the pits. the people used to eat and "blioscáns." They used to sell the oats to get money to pay the rent. Sometimes the people had a little oats left over after paying the rent. They brought it to the mill to be ground.
He also told me that the people used to die by the roadside from the hunger. Many a time they would be left there for a week without anyone seen them. - Transcription guide » 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
- Tommie Nally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boleyboy, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Boleyboy, Co. Mayo
