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School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)

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Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 151

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    “In the year 1847 when the famine raged through Ireland this district suffered very much.”

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    In the year 1847 when the fimine raged through Ireland this district suffered very much. The potatoes blight came for the first time and destroyed the crops when in full bloom. The ridges in some fields are still to be seen where the potatoes were never dug. You can see them in Langans field in Wardhouse. There was a boiler in Tullaghan at John Bonars for making the porridge. The people used to come down from Glenade and Manorhamilton and would have to do with a very small amount till the next day.
    The population was very big in this district before the famine. In this time it was nothing to see people dead along the roads in two"s and threes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Doudican
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Redbrae, Co. Leitrim