School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 119
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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. - The famine which raged for over 2 years 18-46-47 was so bad that the people had nothing to eat as the potato crop was the first crop to fail owing to the blight. When the blight came on the potatoes, they melted away so that none of them could be spared and any that were pitted melted away also. The corn had to be sold to pay rents as the people were put out of their homes if they were not able to pay. All the homes that were left desolate fell to ruins. There are some of the ruins to be see nowadays.There would not be so many ruins in Ireland only for the famine. When the people did not pay their rent they were put out of their houses to die by the roadside.
- There was an old road leading from the Kilrush road through(continues on next page)
