School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)
- Location:
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Shíothcháin
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- The year 1847 is known as "Black 47" because that was the year of the Great Famine in Ireland. The cause of the famine was the failure in the potato crop which was almost their only food except milk.In the beginning of the year 1846 the people noticed on the stalks of the potatoes a strange disease which they had never seen before but the next year it was still worse. In(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Sheehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Patrick Sheehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry