School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0253, Page 248
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- (continued from previous page)was still going. The servant looked in the direction the strange man had gone but he was no longer riding. He had fallen and had broken his neck as a result of the Blacksmith's Curse.
- The famine came in the year 1846, owing to the failure of the potato crop. The people depended on the potatoes and had no other food to eat. The year before the famine - 1845 there was wonderful potatoes grown. People did not know what to do with them and lavished them in every way they could.
The district was very thickly populated at the time. The blight(continues on next page) - Collector
- Florrie Bodkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glennameeltoge or Midgefield, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Curry, Co. Roscommon
