School: Turlough, Béal an Chloga (roll number 14872)
- Location:
- Turlough, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Éalaidhe
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“During the time of the famine...”
During the time of the famine many people died of hunger. One man died around here and when he was got he was found to have a green leaf in his mouth.
In the evening before the blight fell the potato stalks were in full bloom and the next morning nothing remained but the black stalks. Then the famine came.
In the year after the famine potatoes were so scarce that they used to take the bud off the potatoe and stick it in the ground. They still had the potatoes to eat after taking off the bud.
- Collector
- John P. Kerin
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Tim Kerin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Address
- Gortaclare, Co. Clare