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School: Killygordon (roll number 11585)

Location:
Killygordon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Eibhlín Ní Loinsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 310

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    It was mostly all Indian meal stirabout they ate in them days, and nearly all Indian meal bread. This meal came from America. The people would have suffered more starvation only the Government sent relief into the country. There were what were called "Stirabout Houses" where people who wanted a bowl-ful could go and get it. They cut all the bad parts out of the potatoes, and made Boxty bread of them.
    Many people died owing to the bad food, as they took a lot of diseases.
    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
    Collector
    Maud Guthrie
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killygordon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Guthrie
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Killygordon, Co. Donegal