THE RUSHEEN HUNGER

  ROCKVILLE

• At the time, Father Kearney was the Parish Priest.
• He wrote many letters to local landlords asking for money to help the sick and poor.
• There are still two mass graves at Derryroe and Kilberrihert.
• Father Kearney eventually died of famine fever from helping the poor and sick.
• We use Pots from the soup kitchen in our school garden for herbs and flowers.
• There is a monument commemorating the famine at Ardoyne Crossroads.
• In 1841 the population around Rusheen was 1159.
• In 1851 the population was at 867, a decrease of about 25%.
• The landlord at Leeds House was Francis Woodley.
• The decrease in Kilberrihert was 56% but in Deelish it was about 8% a difference of 48%.
• The landlord in Deelish at the time was Mr. Hartlet.
• The landlord in Kilberrihert at the time was Mr. Radley
• The soup kitchen was up the road from the school.

This is a page from our project about the famine in Rusheen.  It was researched by Robbie and Finn.