School: Na Hárda (Ardfield), Clanna Caoilte (roll number 1267)
- Location:
- Ardfield, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Uí Ghrífín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0317, Page 107
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- During the year of famine 1846 many people died along the roadsides in Ardfield with hunger.
A farmer named Thomas Hegarty who lived in Creboy was on his way to the Red Strand one day when he saw a poor man on the road side who was sick with the hunger, he hurried back to his home and got a big meal of food, and brought it with him to the weak man who was very hungry and ate all of it.
An hour later when the farmer was returning from the Red Strand he was very surprised to find the man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hurley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Little Island, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Patrick Hurley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Little Island, Co. Cork
