School: Garryross
- Location:
- Garryross, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Bean Uí Eochagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0995, Page 388
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- The effects of the famine in this neighbourhood were very severe. Whole families were wiped out, because in those times there were a lot more poor people than there are now, and the poor working man was very badly hit.A new road was made to give the men employment, and they were paid 1d a day for working hard.This road is called the "New line." The poor men working on the roads were so hungry as they often followed a cart of turnips going to Ballyduff, to get a few to eat. One particular man was crossing the pound hill with a load of turnips, and when he reached the top of the hill he had only a few turnips in his cart. The ganger over the men offered to pay for the turnips, but he refused to take any money.The poor man often threshed oats with a flail from nightfall till 9 o'clock at night for his supper of stirabout.The first cargo of Indian meal brought into this part of the country was dumped at James Cogan's Cornacrave. The children were at school and a sample of the meal was made into stirabout for the dinner. The eldest lad on tasting(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Mc Enroe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cormeen, Co. an Chabháin
