School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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“The famine of 1846-47 affected Castleknock very much.”
(continued from previous page)the bread. The Government sent over indian corn which was no use, it only merely kept one alive. A great sickness followed the famine called cholera. A person that was effected with that disease turned black and died immediately. Many persons died in the ditches or on the road or any place where they had been working.- You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mary Fagan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr John Fagan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Sandpits, Co. Dublin