School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)
- Location:
- Fohanagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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- XML “The Famine Times”
- XML “The Famine Times”
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- 1. Famine affected this district. The potatoes failed. The government relief reached the district too late because great numbers already died.
2. Workmen at that time, instead of pay, received each fortnight a few stone of Indian meal to make porridge.
3. A soldier was passing one day. He saw a family dying of hunger. There was a donkey on the road. He shot it and the starving people rushed on it and ate their fill.(continues on next page) - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- James Miskill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon Lower, Co. Galway