School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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The Bad Times
In '44 and '45 there was never such a crop of potatoes before or after that. Then came '46 and '47 called the Black Year and in '48 it was given ut in every Catholic Church to sow no more potatoes and still some had not obeyed he command to their own good luck those who sowed them that year yielded a hundred fold.
In any place there was a trace of the seed of the potatoes they grew to a great extend and even those that were thrown in the ditches(continues on next page)- Collector
- Dollly Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bloomfield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Hugh Mc Hugh
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Bloomfield, Co. Mayo