School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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1. Famine Times

   

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   The famine times affected this district a good deal, as their Chief food was potatoes at that time. Some say it was a just visitation because a year of plenty came before it, and the grain crop was so fertile that there was wheat in abundance, and the people freelyl used wheaten flour. So they reflected very much on the potato-crop and were unwilling to eat them. When the blight came the stalks got quite black and the people knew nothing

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   Topics

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Julia Cronin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Ré Bhuí, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Julia Sheehan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   71

   Address

   Tuairín Chathail, Co. Chiarraí