Old Story

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Currach Chluana (Croughclooney) school (Curraghcloney, Co. Tipperary) from informant Patrick Halley.

Original reference: 0572/2/18

 Currach Chluana (Croughclooney) [Vol. 0572, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Tipperary Schools

INFORMANT
Halley, Patrick
Gender
male
Age
50
Location
Lacken (Townland) 
Affane (Civil parish) 
Decies-without-Drum (Barony) 
Waterford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

An Old Story  [duchas:4865271]

An Old Story 8
In the year of the famine 1867, all the people were dying of the hunger. People died along the road to New Castle with the hunger. The year before the famine any where one would set potatoes they would not grow. That was the year my grandmother was born

Resource description

Origin information
Curraghcloney, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 037
Volume 0572
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Supernatural and legendary beings--Neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha
School location
Curraghcloney Currach Cluana Curraghcloney Newcastle Iffa and Offa West Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5052565
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0572/2/18

Suggested credit
"An Old Story"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5052565>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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