School: An Charraig
- Location:
- Carrick, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Tiománaí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 135
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- Famine Times.
The great famine occurred in the year 1846-47 when the potato crop failed caused by the blight A terrible fever followed the famine This school of ours was 12 years of age at this time
The potatoes rotted in the ground. A man would dig a whole day until he would have his dinner and whatever they got they kept them for the following year.
The first relief that came to Ireland was Indian meal
There are three houses in my townland and people living in them now. The houses were there in the famine times
Only one of the houses was repaired since
- Collector
- Maggie Goldrick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Freeduff, Co. Cavan
