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School: Béal Átha Grean (roll number 9820)

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Ballyagran, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Cuill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 345

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  1. The Famine (continued)

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    When they arrived home the woman said "Thanks be to God" we'd be all right "now if we had a grain of salt".
    Some public works were put on to give the people a chance to earn money to buy food. Some bridges were built here and there. The New Line running from Ballygran to Drewscourt was built at that time.
    And when famine and fever were doing their terrible work crops of yellow corn were cut down and saved and sent out of the country.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Ned Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    67