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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 104

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    The potato plant was unknown in Great Britain and Ireland until the sixteenth century. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth her Minister [?] Sir Walter Raleigh introduced from Virginia in North America into this country the potato, one of the grand and useful products of the New World.
    Long ago the Irish peasantry depended on the potato as their staple support but alas it failed in some periods, a blight striking it in its early
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Mulhern
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James O' Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo