School: Naomh Aicnidh (roll number 1573)

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ristéard Ó hAoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 037

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 037

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  1. The famine of 1846-1847 affected this district very much and a terrible hunger started on the people and many thousands died of starvation due to the failure of the potatoe crop. At last the people could stand it no longer and some went away to America and some stayed at home. Those who stayed at home had some terrible trouble. The women had to knap stones all day to feed themselves and their family. The men had no corn because the Landlords took every stack of corn they had. There was a big boiler over in Linsfort for boiling porridge. Men used to come from the Meentiaghs for a bowlful of Indian porridge. There (are) twenty or thirty houses in ruins which were occupied in the time of the famine
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    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
    Patrick Mc Rory
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carvagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    89
    Address
    Carvagh, Co. Donegal