School: Don
- Location:
- Cartron More, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
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- The famine wrought terrible havoc in the parish of Tibohine. The farmers if they could be called that name had very small holdings - from 2 1/2 to 10 acres on an average and the greater part of this was under tillage. The farmer with 7 acres had about 2 1/2 acres under potatoes, and 2 1/2 under oats. The oats was usually threshed early in winter or harvest sold to help pay the rent to the landlord on " gale Day ".Up to that year the chief food of these people in this parish was potatoes with about 2 sacks of oaten meal. The place was so noted for the eating of potatoes that the spailpins(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Luke Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Lissergool, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- P. Timon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Iar-oide scoile
- Address
- Lissergool, Co. Roscommon