Moved to Selkirkshire in Scotland between 1861 and 1871 with father Daniel, mother Bridget Duffy, Brother John, sister Mary and brother Michael.
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Aughagower, Co Mayo
Location: Aghagower (Mayo)
Aughagower Church, Mayo
Aghagower in the 1830s
<p>As described in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" by Samuel Lewis, 1837</p>
1837-01-01 12:00:00
Famine Distress in Ireland
<p>In the summer of 1822 a bad potato crop and limited employment opportunities created famine conditions in the west and south-west of Ireland. The partial failure of the potato crop in 1821 precipitated a food crisis, with extreme distress occurring in 9 counties from late April until mid-August 1822. In the month of July alone, over one million poor people in counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, were estimated to be living on the verge of starvation in the month of July alone. Starvation and typhus caused deaths in many parts of the countryside and rural towns.</p>
1822-07-04 12:00:00