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School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)

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Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
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Finghín Mac Íobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 056

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  1. A Story of Famine Times

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    We all know that there was a great famine in Ireland about ninety years ago. The famine did not reduce the populations of this district very much as many rich protestants lived here and most of the people worked with them. There are not a lot of ruins in this district because only a few people died during the famine. In 1844 the potatoes were very plentiful and the people threw them in the ditches. The following year the blight came and the people tried to get the potatoes they threw in the ditches. The potatoes decayed a little in the ground and when they were put in pits they decayed altogether. The people used yellow stirabout instead of the potatoes and it was given out at certain places. One of these was at the cross of Ennisnag, near here.
    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
    Collector
    Máire Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ennisnag, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Jack Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ennisnag, Co. Kilkenny