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School: Kilmeedy (B.) (roll number 7161)

Location:
Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
John O'Grady
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  1. The Potato Crop (continued)

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    167
    It was Sir Walter Raleigh who first brought the potato, and ever since it has been our staple food. About the years 1846-47 a great famine and pestilence visited Ireland, and it was the year that all the crops failed. Thousands and thousands of people died owing to starvation and disease.
    By all accounts this district did not suffer much, and so this ends the story of the potato.
    Dick Browne,
    Kilmeedy,
    Co. Limerick.
    Told by,
    Path Kelly,
    Aged 71 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. potatoes (~2,701)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dick Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Path Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71