School: Rinn Tuirc (roll number 9835)
- Location:
- Reenturk, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: S. Bean Uí Rinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0403, Page 305
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- The great famine occurred in the years '46 and '47, it was caused by the blight in the potato crop in the summer of '45 and in '46 and the people depended on the potato crop which was a failure. The population was then almost 8,000,000. About 1,000,000 are supposed to have dieppoollkkk!
he hunger, and about 1,000,000 were transported to foreign lands. They used to eat grass, turf and roots, they drew the blood of the cattle and drank it and in some places they killed and ate the donkeys and the watchdogs.
