School: Sceichín an Rince, Cloichín an Mhargaidh
- Location:
- Skeheenaranky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Dómhnall Ua Cathasaigh
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- (continued from previous page)they went away foreign. Then the farmers falled the bothans and built fences with them. And now there is only an odd one of them to seen.
{Michael Slattery, Kiltanking (par. Ballyporeen), aged 58yrs heard from his father}. - II
The potatoes were dug white but turned blue and rotted. It caused a Famine of hunger. The people used to come from Ballywilliam mountain to break stones in Ard-na-Sglitha on the Black-Road, and they used to get a pint of yellow meal every day. A day was appointed to get it in Ballyporeen. It was called Griffith's Yard where they got it. Hundreds of people were waiting at the gate for the bit of Charity.
{John Moloney, Skeeheenarinky. (Par. Ballyporeen) aged 67 heard from Maurice Quinlan Barra Buidhe - dead}- Informant
- John Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Skeheenaranky, Co. Tipperary
- III
During the Famine the Black road was made and the workers got four pounds of meal (and) every evening at Mr. Jackson's(continues on next page)