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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 042

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    Famine Times
    Written by Maureen O'Reilly Drumenara Laragh Cavan
    Collected from Mrs O'Reilly Drumenara Laragh Cavan
    During the famine times the people were very poor. They potatoes decayed in the ground. They man worked for threepence and fourpence a day. There was a boiler erected in Laragh. There was porridge made in it and given out to the poor the amount varied according to the size of the family
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnanarragh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs O' Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumnanarragh, Co. Cavan