School: Corlea
- Location:
- Corlea, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Mearáin
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- The Famine Times
The famine effected this district very much . It is said that there was a boiler in Kingscourt where they boiled Indian Porridge and distributed it around this district. The people got a little can full every week. The people lived mostly on potatoes, and when the blight came the people were starved. The potatoes decayed in the ground. It is said a man digging potatoes for a day would not get as much as would do his dinner. The potatoes were not as big as a thimble, so they were sown like grain. There were five houses in Lisagoan that were then occupied and are now in ruins. The five women who were living in(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisagoan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Tom White
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Lisagoan, Co. Cavan