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School: Lorrha (B.) (roll number 600)

Location:
Lorrha, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0530, Page 048

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    evicted from their houses by those cruel tyrants of landlords. The had to dwell in the mountains and bogs. They heard mass in remote places. The priests had to say mass on rocks and there were many Mass Rocks in this district.
    At the time of the famine this parish was thickly populated. The reason of the famine was that the potatoes blackened and the were the principle food of the people. They were evicted and they were starving on the roadside. All the people emigrated to America.
    Michael O' Meara
    Blakefield
    Lorrha
    Birr
    informant Michael O' Meara Snr aged 70
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheal Ó Meadhra
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Blakefield, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Michael O' Meara
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Blakefield, Co. Tipperary