School: Caladh (B.) (roll number 11920)
- Location:
- Callow, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Ciaráin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 12_008](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0126F%2FCBES_0126F_12%2FCBES_0126F_12_008.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126F, Page 12_008
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Caladh (B.)
- XML Page 12_008
- XML “Famine Times”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)the potatoes were rotten in the grond. No-body could get potatoes for love or money.
During the Famine the cattle were sent out of Ireland.
Daniel O Connell heard of this and he did not try to stop them. When the people were hungry they used to eat weeds and grass. The people died on the roards and under(continues on next page)- Collector
- John Durkan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cuildoo, Co. Mayo