School: Cill Loiste (Killusty), Fíodh Árd (roll number 16111)

Location:
Killusty North, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mheacháir
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  1. The famine years.
    The remains of the homesteads of the famine victims, may still be seen on some of our ranches. In that awful time the poor people had to exist on yellow meal, and in order to make it plentiful sand was (put) mixed with it to make (it) porridge. This was responsible for the deaths of many of out Irish race. People were so awfully poor, and so many died at the same time that in order to bury them, they used what was called, "slip" coffins one coffin then doing several corpses.
    They were badly off for seed potatoes that same year, so they planted only just the smallest bit that had and "eye" in it. But a miracle happened for the following year, the crop was enormous.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Pierce Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Tullow, Co. Tipperary