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School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)

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Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maoláin
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    The people died in their homes with the hunger. it effected this district. It was very thickly populated and a lot of people died with the hunger. In a house in Magoney the people was got standing against the wall dead. All the potatoes decayed in the ground with a heavy frost.
    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
    Brian Finn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Feegavla, Co. Monaghan