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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 609

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  1. Famine Times (continued)

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    The next year the potatoes were wonderful. They were sown brodcast like grain.
    The food that was used instead was nettles, and weeds. The government relief reached the district. The people died in great numbers.
    There was one family where they all died but one child. Sickness followed hunger and death followed sickness.
    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
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Honor Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacanelly, Co. Mayo