School: Cill Chuisigh (roll number 16296)

Location:
Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
P. Ó Damhnaigh
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  1. One of the Palmers of Shriff had a little hut in a field and used to make soup there. One day Kate Palmer went into James Hartes Cornlaughta Dromahair and told him and his wife that she would give them a can of daily if they would say certain prayers. The told her that they wouldnt take the soup. The house is still to be seen on John James Darcy's farm in Cornlaughta.
    Collected from James McMorrow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Mc Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
  2. In the year of the famine the Lough-na-hú road was made and the women and men who worked of the Locality.
    The people worked for three pence and four pence a day. The wemon used to carry stones in a creel to the road.
    Collected from James McMorrow
    aged 88 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.