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Famine Times

Abstract: Story collected by James Wilson, a student at Caiseal Seanachain school (Cashelshanaghan, Co. Donegal) from informant an unidentified informant.

Original reference: 1086/1/26

 Caiseal Seanachain [Vol. 1086, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Donegal Schools

COLLECTOR
Wilson, James 
Gender
male
Age
13
Location
Cashelshanaghan (Townland) 
Aughnish (Civil parish) 
Kilmacrenan (Barony) 
Donegal (County) 
INFORMANT
unidentified 
Relation
parent
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

Famine Times  [duchas:4409448]

The old people have stories about the great famine of 1846-47, which affected this district very much. This district was thickly populated then and people still point out sites of houses that were then occupied and now in ruins. The blight came on the potatoes for the first time, the potatoes failed in the ground,  and there were not many seed potatoes for the following year. The potatoes were “ribed.” The people ate “rantomterry” bread and porridge during the famine. Government relief did not reach the district. People died in great numbers of hunger and of sickness which followed the hunger.

Resource description

Origin information
Cashelshanaghan, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 19
Volume 1086
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bláthnaid Ní Ghiolla Fhaolain.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Schools--Scoileanna
School location
Cashelshanaghan Cashelshanaghan Aughnish Kilmacrenan Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4520910
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1086/1/26

Suggested credit
"Famine Times"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_4520910>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Bláthnaid Ní Ghiolla Fhaolain.
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.

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