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

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Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 178

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    The worst result of the famine times in my district was emigration to America. The people went in small boats, and some of them died with fever on the way, and they were thrown into the sea, which was the only grave they could get, out in the middle of the Ocean.
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    A great famine took place in Ireland in the year 1846, and the principal cause of it was the failure of the potato crop in that year. The principal crop raised at that time was potatoes. Before the
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    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 James Kearns
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Erris, Co. Roscommon