School: Mullach na Cille (roll number 14649)
- Location:
- Muileann na Cille, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Chéadagáin
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- The famine years were in 1846 and 1847. It was on potatoes that the people mostly depended up till then and when the potato crop failed thousands of them died of starvation.
Some people call it "the year of the black potatoes" because all the potatoes turned black when they were put into pits. Then the people had to import seed potatoes from foreign countries to have for the next year.
- All the potatoes round here rotted. The year before the famine the people used to throw the potatoes under the car tracks they were so plentiful and that is why they did not grow next year.
At that time they were running(continues on next page) - Collector
- Alice Lawless
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Baile Uí Chineá, Co. Chill Chainnigh
