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School: Aughacashel (roll number 15356)

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Aghacashel, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Joseph Conifry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0211, Page 489

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  1. The Blight of 1846

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    I believe the potato crop looked healthy in July, and that after some bad weather in that month the crop that looked promising the day before was burnt black with the blight the next day. Some places, and spots in fields escaped. I heard John McGirl's father of Listermacrone, Drumcong was the only man in the parish of Kiltubrid that had a crop that came safe. I often heard it said that he sold potatoes that Winter and Spring of the following year, and that people from as far off as Co. Sligo came to buy from him. I dont know what price per stone or per Cwt. he got.
    Yes, some people suffered terrible hardship. Many died of hunger
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Conifry
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mickey Ward
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    94
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Rantoge Glebe, Co. Leitrim