School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)

Location:: Carrowen, Co. Donegal
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Famine Times (continued)

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It was Walter Raleigh who first brought the potatoes to Ireland from America. Fever spread very quickly when the famine came and the people died along the roads and some died along the streets and others died at their work. Some people ate grass. It is said that you would not see a living person or an animal from here to Derry.
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Care of Our Farm Animals

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There are many animals on this earth such as; horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, donkeys, goats. Some people have different words for driving animals.
These cow-houses are generally called byres. In these

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