Recently when on a trip to Gougane Barra, we stopped in Ballingeary and learnt something about famine pots from the Ballingeary Historical Society.
During the period 1845-48 a devastating famine raged throughout Ireland. The parish of Uibh Laoire was not spared its effects. This pot was used during that time to feed the starving people in the area to the south of Inchigeela village. Meals of soup and stirabout were cooked in this pot and distributed to them.
This monument was set up by the Ballingeary Cumann Staire
(Historical Society) to remind us all of those terrible times, the suffering endured, and the heroism of those who worked to feed the people.
The pot was originally purchased by Denis O’Leary of Coolmountain House on the 1840’s, and was one of several in use in the Parish at the time. It remained at Coolmountain House for the following 150 years and was then saved for the parish by the kindness of Jerry Creedon and Leslie Carter,
This monument was erected in 1988 and blessed by Bishop John Buckley on Sunday 18th April 1999.
Please remember those people in your prayers.
Buiochas le: Dairygold Co-op; Firebird Boilers; Cork County Council; FAS; Luc Racine; Udaras na Gaeltachta
This monument was set up by the Ballingeary Cumann Staire
(Historical Society) to remind us all of those terrible times, the suffering endured, and the heroism of those who worked to feed the people.
The pot was originally purchased by Denis O’Leary of Coolmountain House on the 1840’s, and was one of several in use in the Parish at the time. It remained at Coolmountain House for the following 150 years and was then saved for the parish by the kindness of Jerry Creedon and Leslie Carter,
This monument was erected in 1988 and blessed by Bishop John Buckley on Sunday 18th April 1999.
Please remember those people in your prayers.
Buiochas le: Dairygold Co-op; Firebird Boilers; Cork County Council; FAS; Luc Racine; Udaras na Gaeltachta
