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School: Ardaghy, Omeath

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Ardaghy, Co. Louth
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B. Mac Craith
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  1. The Famine

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    About one hundred years ago a great scarcity of food occured in Ireland. The people of this district found it hard to live and some of them almost died with hunger. All the potatoes began to rot and when a person would go out to dig them he could not get a bucketfull in half a day. The potatoes were that bad that they could not be eaten.
    Collected by:
    Patrick Traynor, (14 yrs)
    Lislea
    From:
    Annie Traynor (48 yrs)
    Lislea,
    Omeath.
    23/5/38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Fearon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Lislea, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Annie Fearon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Address
    Lislea, Co. Louth