School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Famine (continued)
“About a hundred years ago the Irish people were very badly off.”
(continued from previous page)of things people had to eat several diseases broke out and a large number also died from these diseases. He says that in one case a man was found dead in a field with grass in his mouth. The number of deaths was so high that all the grave yards were black with fresh graves and this is one of the reasons why the year of the famine is called Black Forty seven.The Famine
“In the two years following the famine nearly forty thousand were evicted.”
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- Dan Twomey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry