School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)

Location:
Galbally, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 090

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0902, Page 090

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  1. The Famine Years 1846-1847, 6-8-38
    In the Famine Years the people of this area suffered more than any other people in the County. They were starving with the hunger, as they had nothing to eat, only yellow-meal-porage. They were dying in large numbers along the roadside. There are a great many houses levelled since the time of the Famine.
    Tomas Asple, Gulbally, Ballyhogue, Co. Wexford, has two ruins of houses on his premises, which were occupied by James Fardy, Galbally, Ballyhogue, Co. Wexford, and Matty Cody, Townfarney, Bree, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford during the Famine years.
    The potato crop were all black by the blight when they were dug by the people. The next year the people had no seed to sow and the Government had to supply them with seed to sow.
    Told by: Mr. M Shannon, Galbally, Ballyhogue, Co. Wexford
    Written by: Peter Shannon, Galbally, Ballyhogue, Co. Wexford.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. In the Famine times a great blight came on the potato crop and it failed.
    This blight came in 1846 in little black spots on the leaves, and after a while the leaves witered away. Then the
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Jackman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Barmoney, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Jackman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Barmoney, Co. Wexford