School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- An Carbad Beag, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 359
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- (continued from previous page)they used to count it a lucky day.
- In the middle of September 1847 the famine spread through Ireland. In that year the potato crop failed. It was stricken down with blight for the first time. It spread rapidly and very soon a great part of the crop became unfit for food. A great many people died of hunger.They had nothing else to use, as they had to sell the oats, barley, cattle pigs, butter, and eggs, to get money for to pay the rent. The people had to live on sour milk, or butter milk as(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Hale
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Tuairín, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Thomas O' Malley
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fochaill, Co. Mhaigh Eo
