School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 237
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- (continued from previous page)Fúair Seáin Ó Feargael an sgéal seo ó a athair darbh ainm Seáin Ó Fearghael go raibh comhnuidhe air i mBaile Liam agus a fúair bás 40 bliadhain ó shoin in aois 80 bliadhna.The potato blight fell first in 1845 but nto too bad, but in the summer of 1846 it destroyed the whole crop in one night in the month of July. This district was thickly populated but those having sufficient land did nto entirely depend on the growing of the potato, a good many had oats and rye from which they ground oatmeal at the local corn mill in Templetogher.
Tom Farrell, John's father was one of those and he and his sons made a dugant in their garden in which they hid their supply as raids for food by hungry persons was a common occurrance in the locality at the time.
John who was a boy of 20 years of age at the time was one of a number of carmen who used to transport flour, meal and other commodities from the port of Galway to Roscommon, Longford, Carrick-on-Shannon etc. He often related an incident which occurred while on one of those(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Nich Mhaoláin
- Other names
- Máire Nich Mhaoláin
- Mary Mc Millan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Williamstown, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Seáin Ó Fhearghail
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 48
- Address
- Williamstown, Co. Galway
