School: Caisleán Nua (B) (roll number 15771)
- Location:
- An Caisleán Nua, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Seán S. Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 095
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- (continued from previous page)In the morning the people had a quarter of an oatmeal cake, a mug of milk and sometimes an egg.
They had potatoes and salt for dinner or oatmeal stirabout and in the evening they had stirabout again.
The Government gave no help to the people then even though there was plenty of corn in the grain stores in Dublin. Many of the people died from hunger or with the fever which was brought about by hunger.
Many people were found on the roadside dead or dying with the nettle juice penetrating through their lips.
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