School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)
- Location:
- Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Mac Coitir
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- Ireland suffered through the war, plantation and bad-laws. The blight came on the potato-crop in the year (191) 1846.47 People had no tea, sugar or no flour and so they had to turn on the turnip. After a while the turnip became scarce and the people were starving The people who survived emrigrated to Australia on a free passage Those who were more fortunate payed their fare to the U.S.A. Carrying their luggage tied up at the end of a stick and wearing only a flannel trousers and a bawneen all home spun. They had nothing in their pockets only depending on their arms to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Curtin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmaniheen West, Co. Kerry