School: Cillín (Portomna)

Location:
Killeen South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Dúnadhaighe
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  1. The "Famine" started in the year 1846. The most of the people in Ireland died. At first the people remarked a "blight" coming on the potatoes. When the potatoes rooted the people had to sell the rest of their crop to pay landlords.
    The most of the people died with hunger. A lot of people went to America but a great number of them died going across. The "Famine" did not affect this district very much. After the famine it was very hard for the farmers to get seed potatoes. There were very few not rotted. Some died by the roadside, others died in fields. A lot of them went to the "poor houses" where they died with hunger.
    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
    Mary Keary
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Killeen South, Co. Galway