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School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 146

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  1. Local Poets (continued)

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    No more I'll run o'er Lacken Hills
    It's vales and rivers winding
    Or steal from school to Carrow mill
    To see it's big wheel grinding.
    No more shall yellow Autumn's light
    Round those borders find me,
    But still where 'ere by day or night
    My heart is there behind me.
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  2. Famine Times

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    The "Great Famine" occurred in the years '46 to '47. It was caused by the failure of the potato crop. The people were dependent on the potato crop for their only food so the potato failure caused starvation among the people. This district was very thickly populated. Many people died of hunger and diseases brought from hunger while others
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Brigid Fitzmaurice
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Peter Fitzmaurice
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon