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School: Kiffa

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Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 043

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 043

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    In famine times the population was lowered to four million and before that it was eight millions.
    The food the people eat was Indian porridge and it was boiled at Mr. Buchanans Carrick and everyone went and got a quart of it. Here is a story of a man his name was Mr Hughie Smyth a father of the present Hughie Smyth he was working on Direct Labour and on Christmas Eve he had to go to Drumavadey for his pay when he got there he could not see anyone to pay him so he went up to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maud Lowry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Hughie Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Graddum, Co. Cavan