School: Ballycar, Cuinche

Location:
Ballycar, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Liam Mac Clúin
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    In the bad times the poor people had no land to sow potatoes

    The rich people would not give them some of their land in which they could sow an acres or so of potatoes. The poor formed a society called the Terryalts. The members used to get their spades and go out at night and dig up a large field here and there so that it would be useless for grazing. The owner would then have to set it to the poor. This was called macground. This happened one time in Bunratty. The year before the famine people from Kilkishen took macground in Bunratty. They sowed potatoes and had most wonderful crops. The poor people lived so far from Bunratty that they could only bring home a portion of their potatoes. The piled the other portion against the sides of the walls and left them there. The
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tom Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Muckanagh (Studdert), Co. Clare