School: Tisrara (B.) (roll number 3963)
- Location:
- Four Roads, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: P. Ó Flaithbheartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)were full the government gave some relief in the form of Indian meal.
The people did not die in great numbers. Some of them emigrated to other districts. Great sickness followed the hunger and more people died of sickness than of hunger. When people are talking of famine they generally refer to the great famine of '46 and '47.