School: Raharney (C.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. Conway
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- (continued from previous page)had shares in the bank, and he took them out to give money to the poor.
- The people used to get the potato and if there was any bit of it good, they would take it out. They used to do this till they got a good amount and then they would make colcannon out of it.
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Keogh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Inan, Co. Meath
- The famine field is in Grangemore. The potatoes did not fail too bad there. Briscoe owned the field and he gave the people six potatoes a day, but they took more. Briscoe found out, and he put a man to watch and he put up a notice "Take no more than your share or you will be severly punished"
