School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 04_035
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- (continued from previous page)we were getting fine weather there would be a rainbow in the and if we were getting bad weather there would be a rainbow in the morning.
- The famine affected this part of the country very much. When they sowed the potatoes the blight came on them and they failed. Some of the people sowed the potatoes the next year though the priest advised them to sow some other vegetable such as pars(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Ó Lochlainn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castletown, Co. Clare
