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UGA P/P48/1/1/1/14/14
Title
Third report relative to the potato crop
Date(s)
- 26 Nov 1845
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2pp
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Scope and content
'Third Report (relative to potato crop)' compiled by [J] Nugent, with columns containing the names of the villages visited; road direction; names of principal landlords; state of the potato crop; type of soil; and the means of saving the crop. The report covers parts of the Castlebar, Mulranny, Westport and Louisburgh areas and islands in Clew Bay. He notes that the people have been instructed in the best means of preserving the potato and of making food from the diseased ones.