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School: Boston (roll number 10212)

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Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
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Bean Uí Dhocharthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0777, Page 197

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0777, Page 197

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  2. Famine Times

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    The Famine was not quite as bad in this district as it was in other parts of Ireland. In eighteen hundred and forty five the potato turned black in the drills. The people were able to keep seed from that for the next year. In eighteen hundred and forty six the crop failed completely and there was not seed for the next year. The people died in hundreds. Some of them sold whatever little places they has and went to America. Most of the people around here had friends
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