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School: Bigstone, Baltinglas (roll number 14643)

Location:
Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Héilighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 202

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  1. Famine Time

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    There was a great famine in the years 1846 and 1847. The old people can tell many things about it.
    This is one of stories connected with this district.
    Nearly all the people lived upon the potato crop. When the potato crop failed they had nothing to eat. A man lived in Beechy-park. He had a field of turnips, and he sold half for a very large sum of money to a man in Dublin. The people around told him not to sell any more of them to him and he kept them for them and sold them at a much smaller
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Miley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyraggan, Co. Kildare