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School: Doire Liath (roll number 10102)

Location:
Derryleagh, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin
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  1. The Famine Days in this Area

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    In the years 1846 and 1847 a great famine swept the country-side. It affected this part of the country very severely.
    The potatoes rotted in the pits and houses in which they were stored in the year 1846. The following year the potato crop failed completely. The people ate the mangolds and turnips and whatever the rotton potatoes that were not completely destroyed the first year, but the second year the mangolds and turnips failed as well as the potatoes. The poor people had nothing to eat them as they almost
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Patrick O Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Maulagallane, Co. Kerry