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Famine Times

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Baile na Sagart, Lios Mór school (Feagarrid, Co. Waterford) from informant Mr Thomas Fennessy.

Original reference: 0636/2/20

 Baile na Sagart, Lios Mór [Vol. 0636, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools

INFORMANT
Fennessy, Mr Thomas
Gender
male
Location
Ballysaggart More (Townland) 
Lismore and Mocollop (Civil parish) 
Coshmore and Coshbride (Barony) 
Waterford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Famine Times  [duchas:4377380]

Famine Times 11-5-38
During the years of the great famine of  1846-1847 many people died in my district of hunger and sickness. The famine was caused by the failure of the potato crop. It effected the district very much. The district was thickly populated at the time. The potatoes decayed in the ground. The government gave the farmers seed potatoes for the following year. Great sickness followed the famine. The people died in great numbers. The account of the Famine Times was told to me by, Mr. Thomas Fennessy, Ballysaggart.

Resource description

Origin information
Feagarrid, Co. Waterford
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 129
Volume 0636
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher G. Armstong.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry--Filíocht na ndaoine
School location
Feagarrid An Fhéith Ghairid Feagarrid Lismore and Mocollop Coshmore and Coshbride Waterford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4435286
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0636/2/20

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_4435286>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher G. Armstong.
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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