Famine

Abstract: Story collected by Peter Marron, a student at Cor Dubh school (Corduff, Co. Monaghan) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0934/1/21

 Cor Dubh [Vol. 0934, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Monaghan Schools

COLLECTOR
Marron, Peter 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Famine  [duchas:4715731]

The famine was in the years 46, 47 and 48.  The potatoes rotted in the ground and the people died with the hunger.  The people had to dig the length of a field for a bucket of potatoes.  There was a stirabout house on the Old Road, and people gathered and got stirabout in it.
There was a hospital Rock in Greagh, and people got food there also.  There were sliding coffins and the same coffin had to do all the people.  When one dead person was in the grave the people would go back for another dead person.
They ate grass and weeds with the hunger trying to keep alive.  Hundreds of people died with the hunger.

Resource description

Origin information
Corduff, Co. Monaghan
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 056
Volume 0934
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs Flood.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
School location
Corduff An Chorr Dhubh Corduff Magheross Farney Monaghan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4727758
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0934/1/21

Suggested credit
"The Famine"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_4727758>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mrs Flood.
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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