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School: Baile Meadhonach (roll number 10675)

Location:
Ballymanagh, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Micheal Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036, Page 0190

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    Famine Times
    29-6-1938
    In the year 1847 the famine raged all over Ireland owing to a blight on the potatoe crops. The district most effected in Co Galway was the Athenry district owing to thr density of the population. Whole villages were wiped out and liiving skeletons roamed the land. The potatoes decayed in the ground. There is no account of the seed for the following year. Government relief reached the district. People were employed road making at four pence a day. The food people used during the famine was nettles, water cress and turnips. People still tell fire - side stories about the famine period.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnanthomas, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Jack Grealish
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killeeneen More, Co. Galway