School: Druim Mór (roll number 16349)
- Location:
- Dromore, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: John Noonan
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- (continued from previous page)nothing but black stalks. Millions of people died of starvation. The local millers had their meal & formed a "Ring" to force up the price. The price went so high as half a crown for 10 lbs. There was only one shop at the Cross Roads at that time what is now known as "O'Hara's". Charles Kelly kept the shop & he had a large store of meal in it. He kept it too long trying to get a big price so that the "Relief Meal" had come in in the meantime. The moths and things began to [?] in his store till the meal was going "out through the roof" and had to be carted to the river. There was a miller in Castlederg who did the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Noonan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Fadden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynaman, Co. Donegal
