I was born in the year 1853. my grandfather and father owned land around the town of Castlerea. They also kept a cleaned house in Main Street, Castlerea in which they lived.
My Father was a Baker by trade, and worked as Baker during the year of famine in the workhouse at Castelerea. Co Dunmore. My father had five assistants. Theybaked one a half ton of flour each scibidy
The workhouse in Castelerea was a very large, three story building and was from top to bottom filled with starving people. I, myself , have a clear recollection of the years after the famine and the Fenians, the shooting of Y-- etc. I could fill