School: Kiffa
- Location:
- Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Helen Dinneen
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- (continued from previous page)the pledge. So I did Sir but I didn't begin to keep it yet
- In famine times the population was lowered to four million and before that it was eight millions.
The food the people eat was Indian porridge and it was boiled at Mr. Buchanans Carrick and everyone went and got a quart of it. Here is a story of a man his name was Mr Hughie Smyth a father of the present Hughie Smyth he was working on Direct Labour and on Christmas Eve he had to go to Drumavadey for his pay when he got there he could not see anyone to pay him so he went up to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maud Lowry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Hughie Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graddum, Co. Cavan