School: Caisleán Gael (roll number 15337)

Location:
Castlegal, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
M. Ó Tiománaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 092

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0156, Page 092

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  1. The famine caused terrific damage along her. The people depended on them solely. It came slightly in 1845 and affected only the bog areas. In 1846 the entire country was affected. The potatoes rotted in the ground, melted away, except in 3 places. One of those men, Michael Langan, Caons, had a little very small ones.
    The following year 1847, he was setting them when who passed by but Fr. Crofton who was the P.P. He asked him(Langan) what he was doing. He replied setting potatoes. The priest replied that it was no use and told him to leave them there.
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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