Scoil: Castlerock N.S. (uimhir rolla 13242)

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1. Famine Times

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   The district was thickly populated before the famine, consequently the peoples suffering were greater. Many houses then inhabited are now in ruins.
   The potatoes decayed in the ridges as a result of "Blight" the potatoes that did not rot in the Ridges did so in the pits. This was repeated the following year, and again the following year. Famine followed, and thousands died of hunger. Fever followed the famine and this increased the number of deaths. The corpses were strewn on the road sides and in the fields. To relief this distress the Government stepped in and established "Soup Houses" in certain districts. Large boilers were got in chic inferior classes of meat were boiled. This soup was distributed among the needy on certain days and

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   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. an gorta mór (~4,013)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mr Tom O Rorke

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

   79

   Seoladh

   Ráth Eosa, Co. Shligigh