1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Cappamore

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cappamore

Location:
An Cheapach Mhór, Co. Luimnigh
Teacher:
An tSr. Benin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0521, Page 186

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0521, Page 186

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cappamore
  2. XML Page 186
  3. XML “Dromsally Hospital - A Link with Famine Days”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Dromsally Hospital - A Link with Famine Days

    Share Share Post
    On the spot where the present house of John Ryan of Dromsally now stands, there was once an old hospital. It was a large rickety building and portion of it was under ground. This old building saw much of the sorrow and suffering of this parish, when the Cholera or fever swept the country after the famine, when several members of every family were wiped out with the plague. I have heard of one family of four boys and a girl who were taken there together in a box cart. Two survived, a boy and the girl, the other three dying. The people
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. an gorta mór (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Nuanáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Drom Salach, Co. Luimnigh
    Informant
    N. Ní Chonghaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Towerhill, Co. Luimnigh