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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

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Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh Mc Kee Fleck
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 501

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    When the famine started the men and women were looking for cabbage and turnips to feed their children. The famine started in July 1846, and in one night the potatoes were dead. There were about one hundred people in this district died of hunger.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal