School: Drumcoghill

Location:
Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 264

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  1. The varieties of Potatoes grown here are Kerr's Pink, Aran Banners, Excelsior, Athlone Epicures, Skerries, Irish Whites, Flounders, Champions.
    Early ones : Duke of York.
    British Queens, Athlone Epicures, Golden Wonders, Flounders, Early Roses.
    Late Ones. American Roses, White Rocks. Beauties of Bath, - Hepburn
    Sutton's abundance, Arran Victors, Cecil Blues, Northern Stars. Irish Queens.
    The Champion has gone out of fashion - It used to be the main crop. It does not do well now, very few sow them
    Old Rhyme : Lumpers,
    Thumpers
    Scotch Greys
    Tholeys.
    Those were for by-gone days.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan