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Famine Times

Abstract: Story collected by Dan Daly, a student at Beale (1) school (Beal, Co. Kerry) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0399/1/50

 Beale (1) [Vol. 0399, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kerry Schools

COLLECTOR
Daly, Dan 
Gender
male
Location
Bromore West (Townland) 
Kilconly (Civil parish) 
Iraghticonnor (Barony) 
Kerry (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Famine Times  [duchas:4662813]

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overboard. A lot of small houses were seen around this district in famine times but there is no sign of them now. Thousands of people died and were buried coffin less. Thousands of people left Ireland to go to foreign lands but they died on the way. I often heard people say that a shipload of Indian corn coming into an Irish port would pass a shipload of irish corn going out to pay the landlord. There wasn't a cow or any other animal to be seen on the land when the famine was over. The famine was a very hard time in Ireland.
Dan Daly
Dromore Ballybunion
October 10th 1938

Resource description

Origin information
Beal, Co. Kerry
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 059-060
Volume 0399
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Martin Beasley.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
School location
Beal Biaille Beal Kerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4666893
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0399/1/50

Suggested credit
"The 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_4666893>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Martin Beasley.
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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