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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 043

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    The Famine Times
    The famine effected this district very much . It is said that there was a boiler in Kingscourt where they boiled Indian Porridge and distributed it around this district. The people got a little can full every week. The people lived mostly on potatoes, and when the blight came the people were starved. The potatoes decayed in the ground. It is said a man digging potatoes for a day would not get as much as would do his dinner. The potatoes were not as big as a thimble, so they were sown like grain. There were five houses in Lisagoan that were then occupied and are now in ruins. The five women who were living in
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy White
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisagoan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Tom White
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Lisagoan, Co. Cavan