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School: Baile na mBreathnach (Welchtown) (roll number 9882)

Location:
Welchtown, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
R. A. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 080

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  1. Local Traditions of the Famine Period

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    The centre for the relief brochan was Brocagh. An old boiler which was used to make the brochan can still be seen at Highview, Welchtown. It is said that it took 1 cwt. of Indian meal to thicken the boiler. Each person received his share in a noggin.
    Anyone with two cows, or more, would not get the brochan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English