Leased land, house and office from Marquess of Sligo, listed in Parish of Kilcommon, County Mayo, Valuation of Tenements. Map ref. 1, m. He was the grandfather of my maternal grandfather, Thomas Mulloy b.1878 Townland of Clooneen, near Hollymount, County Mayo-died 1953, Fitchburg, Mass. USA
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Cottage in Kiltrone
Location: Robeen (Mayo)
Kiltrone, Mayo, Ireland
Robeen in the 1830s
<p>A snapshot of pre-famine local history, as described by Samuel Lewis in the "Topographical Dictionary of Ireland" 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