School: Cill na dTor, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 16254)
- Location:
- Kilnadur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Donnabháin
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“Potatoes were at one time the staple food of the Irish people...”
Potatoes were at one time the staple food of the Irish people. In the year 1846 the crop was so productive that the potatoes were abused. They were left rot by the side of the fences. In the following year the crop promised to be again fruitful but in the month of June an unknown disease which is now called the blight appeared. The crop was ruined and the people were faced with starvation. Thousands died of hunger and as many as possible emigrated. In the year 1848 relief schemes were formed(continues on next page)