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1. Local Historical Traditions - The Bad Times (continued)

   

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   demesne walls of Caherass, at the south side of Souhawn-a-tarra, between Croom and the Ballyourigan Cross mentioned in this note above.

   There is a mound in the corner of a field adjoining Croker's Field. This is pointed out as a burial ground for the famine victims who were in the Lazare nearby. An avenue contemplated by sir David Roche, Bt. of Carass, ended (and still ends) abrubptly at this mound, which exhibits stones, here and there. I have searched, but I must say, not very laboriously, for any trace of inscription on these stones but I found none. The stones are not chiselled or hammered and are deeply embedded in the soil.

   Tory Hill was such a populous district that in the words of Paddy Casey (69 years) - Tory Hill, Croom - Geoffrey Keating of Knocknagranshee could "employ 100 men from T.Hill at 8 / a day to reap (wheat) on his farm at Knocknagranshee. The bad times whipped the most of 'em" Again "Fullovin could send 70 men reaping every day, but the "hunger" (meaning the famine) killed 'em. Every little field on the hill side had a cabin and a family. There isnt a name

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daithí Ó Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir