School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   they got was plenty of food and drink, so that the household had plenty to eat for about a week.
   They were overjoyed when they saw all the food, and they sat down to eat a good meal, for the first time in many months. The poor people were weak from hunger, but still they ate a good meal. Alas! on the next day, the father and mother of the house were dead, and everyday for about a week after that, the young people of the house were dying, until they were all dead. They were so weak with hunger, that when they had eaten such a good meal, they got kind of choked and smothered, and they were not able to live. All that family were wiped out during those years, and many more families, besides.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Dell Kivlehan

   Address

   Ballinameen, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Pat Carney

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Granny, Co. Roscommon