School: Cor Bealaigh
- Location:
- Corbally, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Marcacháin
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- (continued from previous page)A long time ago people were starving with hunger and many people were found dead along ditches and road sides.
When they had no food to get they ate the barks of trees, and grass.
They used to dig for the roots of the bachlóg and eat it.
Some men had great courage and took the landlord's sheep and cattle to eat.
In our village, Knockroe, a man was found dead with a five pound note in his pocket The people found out that he died of starvation. They did not know his name because his family died of starvation also. - 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.
- Collector
- Michael Foody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Emlymoran, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr James Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Emlymoran, Co. Sligo