School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Bráthair Naiti
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  1. The only food supplies which were to be got were “Black Bread” and Indian meal porrige mixed with nettles. The Indian meal was got mostly from America. There was a kitchen in which porrige was made in the Mall, and also in the district of Rossnowlagh.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Mc Gettigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Gettigan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 45
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
  2. The people were never ver badly off in this district because they had plenty of fish and turnips and fish. They had only two meals in the day. The people dug the ground three times over looking for a potatoe. Death were very few in this district. One man died of eating indigestible potato-skins.
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