School: Tallanstown (roll number 2746)
- Location:
- Tallonstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Mac Gráinnne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 201
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- Famine Times.
The famine of forty seven was caused by the blight that destroyed the potato crop. All Ireland was affected with it. The people lived on potatoes and salt.
During the famine the English Government sent over a ship of Indian meal to Ireland and the Irish people had to sell the oats that grew in Ireland to pay the rent. That was the first time that the Indian meal came to Ireland.
This district was more thickly populated than it is now.
The potatoes decayed in the ground and in the pits.
Collected by Kathleen McEneaney,
Tallanstown,
Ardee.Got from Thomas McEneaney,
Tallanstown,
Ardee.
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- Collector
- Kate Crawley
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcroney, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mat Crawley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcroney, Co. Louth
