School: Drummond

Location:
Drummin, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
P. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 426

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  1. There were many people living around here during the Famine. The blight came in July before the potatoes were sprayed. When it was first noticed the leaves had black spots on them and after some time the stalks withered. When they dug the potatoes they were black and rotting.
    One man whose name is unknown had two pits of potatoes which were not rotten. His neighbours asked him for some and he refused them. When he went to the pit next day all the potatoes were black.
    The Government supplied food to some districts where the potatoes were black.
    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
    Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bauck, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bauck, Co. Carlow