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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 042

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    The Famine Times
    The old people have short stories about the famine of 1846-47. It effected this district. The potatoes decayed in the ground. There were more people in the district that time than at present. Seven old foundations can be traced. The people travelled to Arva in west Cavan about 30 miles for seed potatoes for the following year. The blight did not effect the potatoes on the mountains of Arva. The Government gave the very poor people free meal in the town of Kingscourt. The oats was so short that it had to be pulled
    Told to me by
    Michael Farrelly
    Collops
    Kingscourt
    Co Cavan
    Age 65
    Terence Farrelly
    Collops
    Kingscourt
    Co Cavan
    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
    Terence Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Collops, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Michael Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Collops, Co. Cavan