School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)

Location:
Tallonstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Mac Gráinnne
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    sufferings of the poor. The names of the diseases which followed were cholera and typhoid.
    Collected by Colman O'Brien,
    Tallanstown,
    Ardee.
    Got from Mrs O'Brien,
    Tallanstown,
    Ardee.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Famine Times.
    The population before the famine years was double to what it is now. All the old houses of the present day are still in existence from the time of the famine.
    When the blight came first a known spot was seen on the leaf of the plant and soon the leaves was covered with spots. They then fell off. The potatoes were taken out of the field and placed in pits. It was then they decayed.
    The year after a man would dig for days and days before he would get a sufficient quantity of potatoes to make a meal for his family.
    When the potatoes failed the people eat boiled turnips and nettles. Anyone who had seed corn brought it to the mill and got it ground into meal.
    Collected by Mat Woods,
    Kilcroney,
    Louth.
    Got from Mrs Woods,
    Kilcroney,
    Louth.
    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
    Mat Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcroney, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Woods
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcroney, Co. Louth