School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 307
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- (continued from previous page)as any other part did. Everywhere people starved to death and suffered. Some of the country people when they would see a man carrying potatoes or corn which belonged to one of the Protestants they would rush upon him and take the potatoes and corn from him. The farmers got angry and got English soldiers to take many of the country people to jail. Many people were going away to America during the famine time and many left this district. All the food the people had was Indian porridge and milk and sometimes they ate the small potatoes even when the potatoes were not fit to be eaten. Many of the people died by eating these bad diseased potatoes. Throughout(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John F. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs M. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
