School: Drom Dhá Liag (B.) (roll number 12229)
- Location:
- Drimoleague, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Ciardha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0301, Page 151
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- (continued from previous page)There was another man going around this district named Jerry Donovan better known as "Jolly Rags" or Jerry the Pockets." He used go around the country and get a meal or a night's lodgings. He was able to play the fiddle but he had no one himself.
- The Great Famine or the Great Starvation took place between the years 1845 and 1847. About this time the potato was the chief food of the people and when the blight came on the potatoes all the people began to starve.
The corn and and wheat were growing in the fields, but they had to be sold for to pay the rent to the landlord. The landlords at that time were very strict as to the payment of the rent.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sean O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Denis O' Brien
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromdaleague, Co. Cork
