Patsy Cavanagh - Storyteller - Tells us all about the Famine

                                              Patsy in Action - telling us about the Famine

Croaghross Pupils acting out a scene from the Famine

A Bailiff looking for his money

                                                      A scene from a Market day

Dancing at the wedding

A son of a poor farmer looking for food

A man being arrested after he steals food for his starving family

"Oh no the bailiff has caught me - he'll send me to Australia"

                                Please give us food - starving people begging at the side of the road

Wealthy farmer searching for a wife

A fight between a bailiff and a poor man

"Please help us - the crop has failed and our families are hungry"

No mercy shown by the bailiff and the rich farmer enjoying the spectacle

The Lord of the Manor watching with Glee!