School: Raharney (C.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. Conway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 252
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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. - In 1846 the potato crop failed here, and in 1847 the famine was the worst. There was a good crop of wheat but it was shipped out of the country. There was a soup kitchen in Raharney and the Catholics had to give up their religion and become protestants to get a ticket to entitle them to soup. The river Deel was only a small stream at the time, but the British employed men to sing the river and paid them 4d a day.
The men used to steal a raw turnip, and put Indian meal on it and this had to do them for their food.One day a man was passing the Catholic church in Raharney. He could not go in or he would not get any soup, and he said "I wish the potatoes were here again till I visit you.(continues on next page)
