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School: Shrove (roll number 3470)

Location:
Stroove, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Leonard Bovaird
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 20

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 20

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    (man) bled a cow to keep himself, his wife and family living. Some of the potatoes grew up through the fields. The people went out and ploughed the fields and gathered them and that was how they got the seed for the next year. All the countries were very good to Ireland only England. The famine ended in 1847.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Leonard Bovaird
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir